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George Bentham
George Bentham (22 September 1800 – 10 September 1884) was an English botanist, described by the weed botanist Duane Isely as "the premier systematic botanist of the nineteenth century". Born into a distinguished family, he initially studied law, but had a fascination with botany from an early age, which he soon pursued, becoming president of the Linnaean Society in 1861, and a fellow of the Royal Society in 1862. He was the author of a number of important botanical works, particularly flora. He is best known for his taxonomic classification of plants in collaboration with Joseph Dalton Hooker, his ''Genera Plantarum'' (1862–1883). He died in London in 1884. Life Bentham was born in Stoke, Plymouth, on 22 September 1800.Jean-Jacques Amigo, « Bentham (George) », in Nouveau Dictionnaire de biographies roussillonnaises, vol. 3 Sciences de la Vie et de la Terre, Perpignan, Publications de l'olivier, 2017, 915 p. () His father, Sir Samuel Bentham, a naval architect, was ...
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Medicinal Plants
Medicinal plants, also called medicinal herbs, have been discovered and used in traditional medicine practices since prehistoric times. Plants synthesize hundreds of chemical compounds for various functions, including defense and protection against insects, fungi, diseases, and herbivorous mammals. The earliest historical records of herbs are found from the Sumerian civilization, where hundreds of medicinal plants including opium are listed on clay tablets, c. 3000 BC. The Ebers Papyrus from ancient Egypt, c. 1550 BC, describes over 850 plant medicines. The Greek physician Dioscorides, who worked in the Roman army, documented over 1000 recipes for medicines using over 600 medicinal plants in ''De materia medica'', c. 60 AD; this formed the basis of pharmacopoeias for some 1500 years. Drug research sometimes makes use of ethnobotany to search for pharmacologically active substances, and this approach has yielded hundreds of useful compounds. These include the common drugs asp ...
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Triclisia
''Triclisia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Menispermaceae Menispermaceae (botanical Latin: 'moonseed family' from Greek ''mene'' 'crescent moon' and ''sperma'' 'seed') is a family of flowering plants. The alkaloid tubocurarine, a neuromuscular blocker and the active ingredient in the 'tube curare' form .... Species include:''Triclisia''.
The Plant List. *'' Triclisia angolensis'' *'' Triclisia angustifolia'' *'' Triclisia calopicrosia'' *''
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Triclisia Semnophylla
''Triclisia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Menispermaceae. Species include:''Triclisia''.
The Plant List. *''Triclisia angolensis'' *''Triclisia angustifolia'' *''Triclisia calopicrosia'' *''Triclisia capitata'' *''Triclisia coriacea'' *''Triclisia dictyophylla'' *''Triclisia dielsii'' *''Triclisia flava'' *''Triclisia gilletii'' *''Triclisia hypochrysea'' *''Triclisia jumelliana'' *''Triclisia lanceolata'' *''Triclisia loucoubensis'' *''Triclisia louisii'' *''Triclisia lucida'' *''Triclisia macrocarpa'' *''Triclisia macrophylla'' *''Triclisia patens'' *''Triclisia riparia'' *''Triclisia sacleuxii'' *''Triclisia semnophylla'' *''Triclisia subcordata'' *''Triclisia welwitschii''


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Triclisia Macrophylla
''Triclisia macrophylla'' is a species of plant in the family Menispermaceae. It is a climbing shrub producing stems 10 - 20 meters long.http://www.ville-ge.ch/musinfo/bd/cjb/africa/recherche.php It is found in Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, and Sierra Leone. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest. It is threatened by habitat loss Habitat destruction (also termed habitat loss and habitat reduction) is the process by which a natural habitat becomes incapable of supporting its native species. The organisms that previously inhabited the site are displaced or dead, thereby .... References macrophylla Critically endangered plants Taxonomy articles created by Polbot Taxa named by Daniel Oliver {{Menispermaceae-stub ...
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