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Varronia Globosa
''Varronia globosa'' is a flowering plant. An evergreen shrub it is a short-lived perennial. It is listed an endangered in Florida. It has white flowers and red berries. In 1807, Philip Miller described it as globular-spiked varronia ''Varronia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Boraginaceae, found throughout Latin America (except Chile and Patagonia), the Caribbean, and in the US states of Texas and Florida. They were resurrected from ''Cordia'' in 2007. Species .... In 1974, a specimen held at the Smithsonian was collected from Northeast Brazil. References Boraginaceae {{Boraginaceae-stub ...
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Philip Miller
Philip Miller FRS (1691 – 18 December 1771) was an English botanist and gardener of Scottish descent. Miller was chief gardener at the Chelsea Physic Garden for nearly 50 years from 1722, and wrote the highly popular ''The Gardeners Dictionary''. Life Born in Deptford or Greenwich, Miller was chief gardener at the Chelsea Physic Garden from 1722 until he was pressured to retire shortly before his death. According to the botanist Peter Collinson, who visited the physic garden in July 1764 and recorded his observation in his commonplace books, Miller "has raised the reputation of the Chelsea Garden so much that it excels all the gardens of Europe for its amazing variety of plants of all orders and classes and from all climates..." He wrote ''The Gardener's and Florists Dictionary or a Complete System of Horticulture'' (1724) and ''The Gardener's Dictionary containing the Methods of Cultivating and Improving the Kitchen Fruit and Flower Garden'', which first appeared in 1731 ...
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Varronia
''Varronia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Boraginaceae, found throughout Latin America (except Chile and Patagonia), the Caribbean, and in the US states of Texas and Florida. They were resurrected from ''Cordia'' in 2007. Species Currently accepted species include: *''Varronia acunae'' Moldenke *''Varronia acuta'' (Pittier) Borhidi *''Varronia ambigua'' (Schltdl. & Cham.) Borhidi *''Varronia andreana'' (Estrada) J.S.Mill. *''Varronia anisodonta'' (Urb.) Borhidi *''Varronia areolata'' (Urb.) Friesen *''Varronia axillaris'' (I.M.Johnst.) Borhidi *''Varronia badaeva'' (Urb. & Ekman) Borhidi *''Varronia bahamensis'' (Urb.) Millsp. *''Varronia baracoensis'' (Urb.) Borhidi *''Varronia barahonensis'' (Urb.) Friesen *''Varronia bellonis'' (Urb.) Britton *''Varronia bombardensis'' (Urb. & Ekman) Borhidi *''Varronia bonplandii'' Desv. *''Varronia braceliniae'' (I.M.Johnst.) Borhidi *''Varronia bridgesii'' Friesen *''Varronia brittonii'' Millsp. *''Varronia brownei'' (Friese ...
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