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Flame Flower
''Talinum'' is a genus of herbaceous succulent plants in the family Talinaceae (formerly in the family Portulacaceae) whose common names include flameflower. Several species bear edible leaves, and ''Talinum fruticosum'' is widely grown in tropical regions as a leaf vegetable. ''Talinum paniculatum'' is grown as an ornamental plant. Selected species * ''Talinum aurantiacum'' Engelm. * ''Talinum caffrum'' (Thunb.) Eckl. & Zeyh. * ''Talinum fruticosum'' ( L.) Juss. * ''Talinum paniculatum'' (Jacq.) Gaertn. Formerly placed here * '' Calandrinia ciliata'' ( Ruiz & Pav.) DC. (as ''T. ciliatum'' Ruiz & Pav) * ''Phemeranthus calcaricus'' (S. Ware) * ''Phemeranthus mengesii'' (W.Wolf) Kiger (as ''T. mengesii'' W.Wolf) * ''Phemeranthus parviflorus'' (Nutt.) Kiger (as ''T. parviflorum'' Nutt.) * ''Lewisia pygmaea'' (A.Gray) B.L.Rob. (as ''T. pygmaeum'' A.Gray) * ''Phemeranthus rugospermus'' ( Holz.) Kiger (as ''T. rugospermum'' Holz.) * ''Phemeranthus spinescens'' ( Torr.) Hershk ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Talinum Fruticosum
''Talinum fruticosum'' is a herbaceous perennial plant that is native to Mexico, the Caribbean, West Africa, Central America, and much of South America. Common names include Ceylon spinach, waterleaf, cariru, Gbure, Surinam purslane, Philippine spinach, Florida spinach, potherb fameflower, Lagos bologi, sweetheart, and Kutu bataw in Ghana from the Akan language It is widely grown in tropical regions as a leaf vegetable. Description The plant grows erect, reaching a height of . It bears small, pink flowers and broad, fleshy leaves. Uses As a leaf vegetable, ''T. fruticosum'' is rich in vitamins, including vitamins A and C, and minerals such as iron and calcium . Because it is high in oxalic acid, consumption should be avoided or limited by those suffering from kidney disorders, gout, and rheumatoid arthritis . It is cultivated in West Africa, South Asia, Southeast Asia, and the warmer parts of North and South America. Along with ''Celosia'' species, ''T. fruticosum'' i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carl Linnaeus
Carl Linnaeus (; 23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), also known after his ennoblement in 1761 as Carl von Linné Blunt (2004), p. 171. (), was a Swedish botanist, zoologist, taxonomist, and physician who formalised binomial nomenclature, the modern system of naming organisms. He is known as the "father of modern taxonomy". Many of his writings were in Latin; his name is rendered in Latin as and, after his 1761 ennoblement, as . Linnaeus was born in Råshult, the countryside of Småland, in southern Sweden. He received most of his higher education at Uppsala University and began giving lectures in botany there in 1730. He lived abroad between 1735 and 1738, where he studied and also published the first edition of his ' in the Netherlands. He then returned to Sweden where he became professor of medicine and botany at Uppsala. In the 1740s, he was sent on several journeys through Sweden to find and classify plants and animals. In the 1750s and 1760s, he continued to collect an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Asa Gray
Asa Gray (November 18, 1810 – January 30, 1888) is considered the most important American botanist of the 19th century. His ''Darwiniana'' was considered an important explanation of how religion and science were not necessarily mutually exclusive. Gray was adamant that a genetic connection must exist between all members of a species. He was also strongly opposed to the ideas of hybridization within one generation and special creation in the sense of its not allowing for evolution. He was a strong supporter of Darwin, although Gray's theistic evolution was guided by a Creator. As a professor of botany at Harvard University for several decades, Gray regularly visited, and corresponded with, many of the leading natural scientists of the era, including Charles Darwin, who held great regard for him. Gray made several trips to Europe to collaborate with leading European scientists of the era, as well as trips to the southern and western United States. He also built an extensive ne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lewisia Pygmaea
''Lewisia pygmaea'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Montiaceae known by the common name alpine lewisia and pygmy bitterroot. It is native to western North America from Alaska and Alberta to California and New Mexico, where it grows in many types of moist, rocky mountain habitat, such as gravel beds and sandy meadows. Description ''Lewisia pygmaea'' is a highly variable species with a wide distribution, and it often hybridizes with other ''Lewisia'' species, making identification difficult. In general, this is a petite perennial herb growing from a taproot and caudex unit, and producing a basal rosette of several leaves 2 to 8 centimeters long. The leaves are narrow but thick and fleshy, blunt-tipped, and linear to lance-shaped. The inflorescence An inflorescence is a group or cluster of flowers arranged on a stem that is composed of a main branch or a complicated arrangement of branches. Morphologically, it is the modified part of the shoot of seed plants w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Nuttall
Thomas Nuttall (5 January 1786 – 10 September 1859) was an England, English botany, botanist and zoologist who lived and worked in America from 1808 until 1841. Nuttall was born in the village of Long Preston, near Settle, North Yorkshire, Settle in the West Riding of Yorkshire and spent some years as an apprentice printer in England. Soon after going to the United States he met professor Benjamin Smith Barton in Philadelphia. Barton encouraged his strong interest in natural history. Early explorations in the United States In 1810 he travelled to the Great Lakes and in 1811 travelled on the Astor Expedition led by William Price Hunt on behalf of John Jacob Astor up the Missouri River. Nuttall was accompanied by the English botanist John Bradbury (naturalist), John Bradbury, who was collecting plants on behalf of Liverpool botanical gardens. Nuttall and Bradbury left the party at the trading post with the Arikara Indians in South Dakota, and continued farther upriver with Rams ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phemeranthus Parviflorus
''Phemeranthus parviflorus'', commonly called sunbright or prairie fame flower, is a species of flowering plant in the montia family (Montiaceae). It is native to North America, where it is found in the central and eastern United States and northern Mexico Mexico (Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is bordered to the north by the United States; to the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; to the southeast by Guatema .... Its natural habitat is in dry, sandy or rocky areas, typically on acidic substrates. Over its extensive range, it is found various communities such as grasslands, open woodlands, glades, mountain slopes, and bluffs. ''Phemeranthus parviflorus'' is an herbaceous perennial. Its leaves are linear and succulent. It produces reddish-pink to reddish-purple flowers from May to September. References {{Taxonbar, from=Q17244435 Montiaceae Flora of North America ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phemeranthus Mengesii
''Phemeranthus'' (fameflower) is a genus of flowering plants in the miner's lettuce family, Montiaceae, native to the Americas. It is sometimes placed in Portulacaceae. The name is derived from the Greek words εφήμερος (''ephemeros''), meaning "living for one day," and ἄνθος (''anthos''), meaning "flower." Common names for the various species are often fame flower, rock rose, rock pink, and sand pink. Selected species *'' Phemeranthus brevicaulis'' (S.Watson) Kiger – Dwarf fameflower *'' Phemeranthus brevifolius'' (Torr.) Hershk. – Pygmy fameflower *''Phemeranthus calcaricus ''Phemeranthus calcaricus'', the limestone fameflower, is a species of flowering plant in the family Montiaceae. It is native to limestone glades of the Interior Low Plateaus of Tennessee, Kentucky, and Alabama, and in the Ozark Mountains of Ar ...'' (Ware) Kiger – Limestone fameflower *'' Phemeranthus calycinus'' (Engelm.) Kiger – Largeflower fameflower *'' Phemera ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phemeranthus Calcaricus
''Phemeranthus calcaricus'', the limestone fameflower, is a species of flowering plant in the family Montiaceae. It is native to limestone glades of the Interior Low Plateaus of Tennessee, Kentucky, and Alabama, and in the Ozark Mountains of Arkansas. The majority populations are found in the Nashville Basin of Tennessee, where it can be locally abundant on exposed limestone in high quality glades. ''Phemeranthus calcaricus'' is a small, succulent perennial A perennial plant or simply perennial is a plant that lives more than two years. The term ('' per-'' + '' -ennial'', "through the years") is often used to differentiate a plant from shorter-lived annuals and biennials. The term is also wid ... that is uncommon throughout its range. References Montiaceae {{caryophyllales-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Augustin Pyramus De Candolle
Augustin Pyramus (or Pyrame) de Candolle (, , ; 4 February 17789 September 1841) was a Swiss botanist. René Louiche Desfontaines launched de Candolle's botanical career by recommending him at a herbarium. Within a couple of years de Candolle had established a new genus, and he went on to document hundreds of plant families and create a new natural plant classification system. Although de Candolle's main focus was botany, he also contributed to related fields such as phytogeography, agronomy, paleontology, medical botany, and economic botany. De Candolle originated the idea of "Nature's war", which influenced Charles Darwin and the principle of natural selection. de Candolle recognized that multiple species may develop similar characteristics that did not appear in a common evolutionary ancestor; a phenomenon now known as convergent evolution. During his work with plants, de Candolle noticed that plant leaf movements follow a near-24-hour cycle in constant light, suggestin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ruiz Y Pavón
The Spanish surname Ruiz originates from the Germanic personal name " Hrodric" which is composed of the elements "Hrōd", meaning "renown", and "rīc", meaning "power(ful)", thus "famous ruler". Ruiz is a patronymic from the personal name Ruy, a short form of Rodrigo, meaning "son of Roderick". Its roots can be traced back to the Visigoths, the Germanic tribe which ruled in the Iberian Peninsula between the 5th and 8th centuries. People * Adolfo Ruiz Cortines (1890–1973), President of Mexico 1952–1958 * Alejandro R. Ruiz (1923–2009), U.S. Army recipient of Medal of Honor in World War II * Alexandre Ruiz (born 1987), French rugby union referee * Andrés Ponce 'Andy' Ruiz Jr. (born 1989), American professional boxer of Mexican descent * Antoñito Ruiz (born 1951), Spanish child actor and stuntman * Ashley Ruiz (born 1976), American singer, prior member of the group Menudo * Bartolomé Ruiz (1482–1532), Spanish conquistador * Blas Ruiz, Spanish explorer * Brunilda Ruiz ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Calandrinia Ciliata
''Calandrinia ciliata'' is a species of flowering plant known as fringed redmaids and red-maids. While formerly included in the purslane family, it is now treated as a member of the family Montiaceae. It is native to western North America from British Columbia to New Mexico, where it is widespread and common. It can also be found in parts of Central and South America. Description ''Calandrinia ciliata'' is an annual herb which varies greatly in size from a small patch a few centimeters wide to an erect form approaching tall. The linear or lance-shaped leaves are long and slightly succulent in texture. The inflorescence is a raceme bearing flowers on short pedicels. The flower has usually five deep pink to red petals, each up to in length. There are two sepals at the base beneath the petals. This is a hardy plant well adapted to many habitat and climate types. Where it is an introduced species An introduced species, alien species, exotic species, adventive species, immi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jewels Of Opar
''Talinum paniculatum'' is a succulent subshrub in the family Talinaceae that is native to much of North and South America, and the Caribbean countries.Under its current treatment as ''Talinum paniculatum'' (from its basionym ''Portulaca paniculata''), this species was published in ''De Fructibus et Seminibus Plantarum …'' 2:219. 1791. It is commonly known as fameflower, Jewels-of-Opar (a name borrowed from the title of the novel ''Tarzan and the Jewels of Opar'' by Edgar Rice Burroughs), or pink baby's-breath. Classification The species was described in 1760 under the basionym of ''Portulaca paniculata'' by Nicolaus Joseph von Jacquin (1727–1817), then recombined in the genus ''Talinum'' in 1791 by Joseph Gaertner (1732–1791). In current classification, ''Talinum paniculatum'' belongs to the family Talinaceae, it was assigned in the past to the family of the purslane or Portulacaceae. Appearance ''Talinum paniculatum'' bears tuberous roots and panicles of flowers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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