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Xenoscapa
''Xenoscapa'' is a genus of herbaceous, perennial and bulbous plants in the family Iridaceae. It consists of only three species distributed in Africa, and is closely related to the genera '' Freesia''.Peter Goldblatt and John C. Manning. 1995Phylogeny of the African Genera ''Anomatheca'' and ''Freesia'' (Iridaceae: Ixioideae), and a New Genus ''Xenoscapa'' Systematic Botany, Vol. 20, No. 2, pp. 161-178 The genus name is derived from the Greek words ''xenos'', meaning "strange", and ''scapa'', meaning "flowering stem". Species The list of ''Xenoscapa'' species, with their complete name and authority, and their geographic distribution is given below.Royal Botanical Gardens, KewWorld Checklist of Monocotyledons: ''Xenoscapa '' Accessed May 16, 2009. *'' Xenoscapa fistulosa'' ( Spreng. ex Klatt Klatt is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Bernard Klatt, former Canadian internet service provider * Bill Klatt (ice hockey) (1947–2011), retired professional ice h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Xenoscapa Fistulosa
''Xenoscapa'' is a genus of herbaceous, perennial and bulbous plants in the family Iridaceae. It consists of only three species distributed in Africa, and is closely related to the genera '' Freesia''.Peter Goldblatt and John C. Manning. 1995Phylogeny of the African Genera ''Anomatheca'' and ''Freesia'' (Iridaceae: Ixioideae), and a New Genus ''Xenoscapa'' Systematic Botany, Vol. 20, No. 2, pp. 161-178 The genus name is derived from the Greek words ''xenos'', meaning "strange", and ''scapa'', meaning "flowering stem". Species The list of ''Xenoscapa'' species, with their complete name and authority, and their geographic distribution is given below.Royal Botanical Gardens, KewWorld Checklist of Monocotyledons: ''Xenoscapa '' Accessed May 16, 2009. *'' Xenoscapa fistulosa'' ( Spreng. ex Klatt Klatt is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Bernard Klatt, former Canadian internet service provider * Bill Klatt (ice hockey) (1947–2011), retired professional ice h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Xenoscapa Uliginosa
''Xenoscapa'' is a genus of herbaceous, perennial and bulbous plants in the family Iridaceae. It consists of only three species distributed in Africa, and is closely related to the genera '' Freesia''.Peter Goldblatt and John C. Manning. 1995Phylogeny of the African Genera ''Anomatheca'' and ''Freesia'' (Iridaceae: Ixioideae), and a New Genus ''Xenoscapa'' Systematic Botany, Vol. 20, No. 2, pp. 161-178 The genus name is derived from the Greek words ''xenos'', meaning "strange", and ''scapa'', meaning "flowering stem". Species The list of ''Xenoscapa'' species, with their complete name and authority, and their geographic distribution is given below.Royal Botanical Gardens, KewWorld Checklist of Monocotyledons: ''Xenoscapa '' Accessed May 16, 2009. *''Xenoscapa fistulosa'' ( Spreng. ex Klatt Klatt is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Bernard Klatt, former Canadian internet service provider * Bill Klatt (ice hockey) (1947–2011), retired professional ice ho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Xenoscapa Grandiflora
''Xenoscapa'' is a genus of herbaceous, perennial and bulbous plants in the family Iridaceae. It consists of only three species distributed in Africa, and is closely related to the genera '' Freesia''.Peter Goldblatt and John C. Manning. 1995Phylogeny of the African Genera ''Anomatheca'' and ''Freesia'' (Iridaceae: Ixioideae), and a New Genus ''Xenoscapa'' Systematic Botany, Vol. 20, No. 2, pp. 161-178 The genus name is derived from the Greek words ''xenos'', meaning "strange", and ''scapa'', meaning "flowering stem". Species The list of ''Xenoscapa'' species, with their complete name and authority, and their geographic distribution is given below.Royal Botanical Gardens, KewWorld Checklist of Monocotyledons: ''Xenoscapa '' Accessed May 16, 2009. *''Xenoscapa fistulosa'' ( Spreng. ex Klatt) Goldblatt & J.C.Manning, Syst. Bot. 20: 172 (1995). Distributed from Namibia to South Africa. *'' Xenoscapa grandiflora'' Goldblatt & J.C.Manning, Bothalia 41: 284 (2011). Namibia *'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iridaceae Genera
Iridaceae is a family of plants in order Asparagales, taking its name from the irises, meaning rainbow, referring to its many colours. There are 66 accepted genera with a total of c. 2244 species worldwide (Christenhusz & Byng 2016). It includes a number of other well known cultivated plants, such as freesias, gladioli and crocuses. Members of this family are perennial plants, with a bulb, corm or rhizome. The plants grow erect, and have leaves that are generally grass-like, with a sharp central fold. Some examples of members of this family are the blue flag and yellow flag. Name and history The family name is based on the genus ''Iris'', the largest and best known genus in Europe. This genus dates from 1753, when it was coined by Swedish botanist, Carl Linnaeus. Its name derives from the Greek goddess, Iris, who carried messages from Olympus to earth along a rainbow, whose colours were seen by Linnaeus in the multi-hued petals of many of the species. The family is currently ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iridaceae
Iridaceae is a family of plants in order Asparagales, taking its name from the irises, meaning rainbow, referring to its many colours. There are 66 accepted genera with a total of c. 2244 species worldwide (Christenhusz & Byng 2016). It includes a number of other well known cultivated plants, such as freesias, gladioli and crocuses. Members of this family are perennial plants, with a bulb, corm or rhizome. The plants grow erect, and have leaves that are generally grass-like, with a sharp central fold. Some examples of members of this family are the blue flag and yellow flag. Name and history The family name is based on the genus ''Iris'', the largest and best known genus in Europe. This genus dates from 1753, when it was coined by Swedish botanist, Carl Linnaeus. Its name derives from the Greek goddess, Iris, who carried messages from Olympus to earth along a rainbow, whose colours were seen by Linnaeus in the multi-hued petals of many of the species. The family is current ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
South Africa
South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa. It is bounded to the south by of coastline that stretch along the South Atlantic and Indian Oceans; to the north by the neighbouring countries of Namibia, Botswana, and Zimbabwe; and to the east and northeast by Mozambique and Eswatini. It also completely enclaves the country Lesotho. It is the southernmost country on the mainland of the Old World, and the second-most populous country located entirely south of the equator, after Tanzania. South Africa is a biodiversity hotspot, with unique biomes, plant and animal life. With over 60 million people, the country is the world's 24th-most populous nation and covers an area of . South Africa has three capital cities, with the executive, judicial and legislative branches of government based in Pretoria, Bloemfontein, and Cape Town respectively. The largest city is Johannesburg. About 80% of the population are Black South Afri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Namibia
Namibia (, ), officially the Republic of Namibia, is a country in Southern Africa. Its western border is the Atlantic Ocean. It shares land borders with Zambia and Angola to the north, Botswana to the east and South Africa to the south and east. Although Kazungula, it does not border Zimbabwe, less than 200 metres (660 feet) of the Botswanan right bank of the Zambezi, Zambezi River separates the two countries. Namibia gained independence from South Africa on 21 March 1990, following the Namibian War of Independence. Its capital and largest city is Windhoek. Namibia is a member state of the United Nations (UN), the Southern African Development Community (SADC), the African Union (AU) and the Commonwealth of Nations. The driest country in sub-Saharan Africa, Namibia has been inhabited since pre-historic times by the San people, San, Damara people, Damara and Nama people. Around the 14th century, immigration, immigrating Bantu peoples arrived as part of the Bantu expansion. Since ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Friedrich Wilhelm Klatt
Friedrich Wilhelm Klatt (13 February 1825 Hamburg – 3 March 1897 Hamburg) was a German botanist who specialised in the study of African plants. As a child he showed artistic talent, but for financial reasons, training and a career in art could not be followed. In 1854 he and his brother took over the running of a boys' school in Hamburg. He taught there until the outbreak of the Franco-Prussian War after which he taught natural science at several schools in Hamburg. His first botanical collections were made in and about Hamburg as well as on the North Sea coastline. Through his collecting he became acquainted with Professor Lehmann of the Hamburg Botanical Gardens, who invited Klatt to organise and run his herbarium. Lehmann acted as mentor to Klatt, who soon concentrated his attention on the botanical families of Iridaceae and Pittosporaceae. His subsequent revision of the Iridaceae "''Revisio Iridearum''" led to his being awarded an honorary doctorate from the University ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Curt Polycarp Joachim Sprengel
Kurt Polycarp Joachim Sprengel (3 August 1766 – 15 March 1833) was a German botanist and physician who published an influential multivolume history of medicine, ''Versuch einer pragmatischen Geschichte der Arzneikunde'' (1792–99 in four volumes with later editions running to five) and several other medical reference works. Biography Sprengel was born at Boldekow in Pomerania, and he is considered of German nationality. His father, a clergyman, provided him with a thorough education of wide scope; as boy he distinguished himself as a linguist, in Latin and Greek, and also Arabic; his uncle, Christian Konrad Sprengel (1750–1816), is remembered for his studies in the fertilization of flowers by insects – a subject in which he reached conclusions many years ahead of his time. Spreng. appeared as an author at the age of fourteen, publishing a small work called '' Anleitung zur Botanik für Frauenzimmer'' ("guide to botany for women") in 1780. In 1784 he began to study the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Goldblatt
Peter Goldblatt (born 1943) is a South African botanist, working principally in the United States. Life Goldblatt was born in Johannesburg, South Africa on October 8, 1943. His undergraduate studies (B.Sc.) were undertaken at the University of Witwatersrand in Johannesberg (1965–1966), from where he went on to graduate studies at the University of Cape Town, where he received his doctorate in 1970. He held a position as lecturer in botany at Witwatersrand (1967) and then Cape Town (1968–1971) before emigrating to the United States in 1972. In the US he took up a position as a researcher at the Missouri Botanical Gardens, in St. Louis, where he has remained since, holding the position of Senior Curator since 1990. He returned briefly to South Africa in 2006 as a researcher at the Compton Herbarium, South African National Biodiversity Institute, in Cape Town. He has also held appointments at the University of Missouri, as well as the University of Portland, Oregon (200 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Charles Manning
John Charles Manning (born 1962) is a South African botanist based in the Compton Herbarium, South African National Biodiversity Institute The South African National Biodiversity Institute (SANBI) is an organisation established in 2004 in terms of the National Environmental Management: Biodiversity Act, No 10 of 2004, under the South African Department of Environmental Affairs ( ..., Kirstenbosch, South Africa. References External sources 20th-century South African botanists Botanists with author abbreviations Living people 1962 births Place of birth missing (living people) 21st-century South African botanists {{botanist-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Freesia
''Freesia'' is a genus of herbaceous perennial flowering plants in the family Iridaceae, first described as a genus in 1866 by Christian Friedrich Ecklon (1886) and named after the German botanist and medical practitioner, Friedrich Freese (1795-1876). It is native to the eastern side of southern Africa, from Kenya south to South Africa, most species being found in Cape Provinces. Species of the former genus ''Anomatheca'' are now included in ''Freesia''. The plants commonly known as "freesias", with fragrant funnel-shaped flowers, are cultivated hybrids of a number of ''Freesia'' species. Some other species are also grown as ornamental plants. Description They are herbaceous plants which grow from a conical corm diameter, which sends up a tuft of narrow leaves long, and a sparsely branched stem tall bearing a few leaves and a loose one-sided spike of flowers with six petals. Many species have fragrant narrowly funnel-shaped flowers, although those formerly placed in the genus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
