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Stemona Collinsiae
''Stemona'' is a genus of vines and subshrubs in the family Stemonaceae, described as a genus in 1790. ''Stemona'' is native to China, the Indian Subcontinent, Southeast Asia, Papuasia, and northern Australia. Species Fossil record 2 fossil seeds of †''Stemona germanica'' from the early Miocene, have been found in the Kristina Mine at Hrádek nad Nisou in North Bohemia, the Czech Republic. Fossil seeds of ''Stemona germanica'' have also been recorded from the nearby Hartau in Germany. ''Stemona'' fossil seeds are recorded from many European sites ranging in ages from the Maastrichtian to the Late Miocene.A review of the early Miocene Mastixioid flora of the Kristina Mine at Hrádek nad Nisou in North Bohemia, The Czech Republic, January 2012 by F. Holý, Z. Kvaček and Vasilis Teodoridis - ACTA MUSEI NATIONALIS PRAGAE Series B – Historia Naturalis • vol. 68 • 2012 • no. 3–4 • pp. 53–118 Cultivation and uses ''Stemona tuberosa'' (Chinese: 百部; pinyin: bǎi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
João De Loureiro
João de Loureiro (1717, Lisbon – 18 October 1791) was a Portuguese Jesuit missionary and botanist. Biography After receiving admission to the Jesuit Order, João de Loureiro served as a missionary in Goa, capital of Portuguese India (3 years) and Macau (4 years). In 1742 he traveled to Cochinchina, remaining there for 35 years. Here he worked as a mathematician and naturalist for the king of Cochinchina, acquiring knowledge on the properties and uses of native medicinal plants. In 1777, he journeyed to Canton, in Bengal, returning to Lisbon four years later. During this period, the Captain Thomas Riddel gave Loureiro the books ''Systema Naturae'', '' Genera Plantarum'' and '' Philosophia Botanica'' by Carl Linnaeus, which greatly influenced the Portuguese botanist. The first 40 years he stayed in Vietnam, João de Loureiro was inventorying indigenous herbal remedies. His local garden contained 1,000 unique herbal species, making him one of the greatest botanist co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stemona Cochinchinensis
''Stemona'' is a genus of vines and subshrubs in the family Stemonaceae, described as a genus in 1790. ''Stemona'' is native to China, the Indian Subcontinent, Southeast Asia, Papuasia, and northern Australia. Species Fossil record 2 fossil seeds of †''Stemona germanica'' from the early Miocene, have been found in the Kristina Mine at Hrádek nad Nisou in North Bohemia, the Czech Republic. Fossil seeds of ''Stemona germanica'' have also been recorded from the nearby Hartau in Germany. ''Stemona'' fossil seeds are recorded from many European sites ranging in ages from the Maastrichtian to the Late Miocene.A review of the early Miocene Mastixioid flora of the Kristina Mine at Hrádek nad Nisou in North Bohemia, The Czech Republic, January 2012 by F. Holý, Z. Kvaček and Vasilis Teodoridis - ACTA MUSEI NATIONALIS PRAGAE Series B – Historia Naturalis • vol. 68 • 2012 • no. 3–4 • pp. 53–118 Cultivation and uses ''Stemona tuberosa'' (Chinese: 百部; pinyin: bǎ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maluku (province)
Maluku is a province of Indonesia. It comprises the central and southern regions of the Maluku Islands. The main city and capital of Maluku province is Ambon on the small Ambon Island. The land area is 62,946 km2, and the total population of this province at the 2010 census was 1,533,506 people, rising to 1,848,923 at the 2020 Census. The official estimate as at mid 2021 was 1,862,626. Maluku is located in Eastern Indonesia. It is directly adjacent to North Maluku and West Papua in the north, Central Sulawesi, and Southeast Sulawesi in the west, Banda Sea, East Timor and East Nusa Tenggara in the south and Arafura Sea and Papua in the east. Maluku has two main religions, namely Islam which at the 2020 Census was adhered to by 52.85% of the population of the province and Christianity which is embraced by 46.3% (39.4% Protestantism and 7.0% Catholicism). Maluku is recorded in the history of the world due to conflict or tragedy of humanitarian crisis and sectarian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Java
Java (; id, Jawa, ; jv, ꦗꦮ; su, ) is one of the Greater Sunda Islands in Indonesia. It is bordered by the Indian Ocean to the south and the Java Sea to the north. With a population of 151.6 million people, Java is the world's most populous island, home to approximately 56% of the Indonesian population. Indonesia's capital city, Jakarta, is on Java's northwestern coast. Many of the best known events in Indonesian history took place on Java. It was the centre of powerful Hindu-Buddhist empires, the Islamic sultanates, and the core of the colonial Dutch East Indies. Java was also the center of the Indonesian struggle for independence during the 1930s and 1940s. Java dominates Indonesia politically, economically and culturally. Four of Indonesia's eight UNESCO world heritage sites are located in Java: Ujung Kulon National Park, Borobudur Temple, Prambanan Temple, and Sangiran Early Man Site. Formed by volcanic eruptions due to geologic subduction of the Aust ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stemona Javanica
''Stemona'' is a genus of vines and subshrubs in the family Stemonaceae, described as a genus in 1790. ''Stemona'' is native to China, the Indian Subcontinent, Southeast Asia, Papuasia, and northern Australia. Species Fossil record 2 fossil seeds of †''Stemona germanica'' from the early Miocene, have been found in the Kristina Mine at Hrádek nad Nisou in North Bohemia, the Czech Republic. Fossil seeds of ''Stemona germanica'' have also been recorded from the nearby Hartau in Germany. ''Stemona'' fossil seeds are recorded from many European sites ranging in ages from the Maastrichtian to the Late Miocene.A review of the early Miocene Mastixioid flora of the Kristina Mine at Hrádek nad Nisou in North Bohemia, The Czech Republic, January 2012 by F. Holý, Z. Kvaček and Vasilis Teodoridis - ACTA MUSEI NATIONALIS PRAGAE Series B – Historia Naturalis • vol. 68 • 2012 • no. 3–4 • pp. 53–118 Cultivation and uses ''Stemona tuberosa'' (Chinese: 百部; pinyin: bǎi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Japan
Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north toward the East China Sea, Philippine Sea, and Taiwan in the south. Japan is a part of the Ring of Fire, and spans an archipelago of 6852 islands covering ; the five main islands are Hokkaido, Honshu (the "mainland"), Shikoku, Kyushu, and Okinawa. Tokyo is the nation's capital and largest city, followed by Yokohama, Osaka, Nagoya, Sapporo, Fukuoka, Kobe, and Kyoto. Japan is the eleventh most populous country in the world, as well as one of the most densely populated and urbanized. About three-fourths of the country's terrain is mountainous, concentrating its population of 123.2 million on narrow coastal plains. Japan is divided into 47 administrative prefectures and eight traditional regions. The Greater Tokyo Ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stemona Japonica
''Stemona'' is a genus of vines and subshrubs in the family Stemonaceae, described as a genus in 1790. ''Stemona'' is native to China, the Indian Subcontinent, Southeast Asia, Papuasia, and northern Australia. Species Fossil record 2 fossil seeds of †''Stemona germanica'' from the early Miocene, have been found in the Kristina Mine at Hrádek nad Nisou in North Bohemia, the Czech Republic. Fossil seeds of ''Stemona germanica'' have also been recorded from the nearby Hartau in Germany. ''Stemona'' fossil seeds are recorded from many European sites ranging in ages from the Maastrichtian to the Late Miocene.A review of the early Miocene Mastixioid flora of the Kristina Mine at Hrádek nad Nisou in North Bohemia, The Czech Republic, January 2012 by F. Holý, Z. Kvaček and Vasilis Teodoridis - ACTA MUSEI NATIONALIS PRAGAE Series B – Historia Naturalis • vol. 68 • 2012 • no. 3–4 • pp. 53–118 Cultivation and uses ''Stemona tuberosa'' (Chinese: 百部; pinyin: bǎi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stemona Involuta
''Stemona'' is a genus of vines and subshrubs in the family Stemonaceae, described as a genus in 1790. ''Stemona'' is native to China, the Indian Subcontinent, Southeast Asia, Papuasia, and northern Australia. Species Fossil record 2 fossil seeds of †''Stemona germanica'' from the early Miocene, have been found in the Kristina Mine at Hrádek nad Nisou in North Bohemia, the Czech Republic. Fossil seeds of ''Stemona germanica'' have also been recorded from the nearby Hartau in Germany. ''Stemona'' fossil seeds are recorded from many European sites ranging in ages from the Maastrichtian to the Late Miocene.A review of the early Miocene Mastixioid flora of the Kristina Mine at Hrádek nad Nisou in North Bohemia, The Czech Republic, January 2012 by F. Holý, Z. Kvaček and Vasilis Teodoridis - ACTA MUSEI NATIONALIS PRAGAE Series B – Historia Naturalis • vol. 68 • 2012 • no. 3–4 • pp. 53–118 Cultivation and uses ''Stemona tuberosa'' (Chinese: 百部; pinyin: bǎ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stemona Hutanguriana
''Stemona'' is a genus of vines and subshrubs in the family Stemonaceae, described as a genus in 1790. ''Stemona'' is native to China, the Indian Subcontinent, Southeast Asia, Papuasia, and northern Australia. Species Fossil record 2 fossil seeds of †''Stemona germanica'' from the early Miocene, have been found in the Kristina Mine at Hrádek nad Nisou in North Bohemia, the Czech Republic. Fossil seeds of ''Stemona germanica'' have also been recorded from the nearby Hartau in Germany. ''Stemona'' fossil seeds are recorded from many European sites ranging in ages from the Maastrichtian to the Late Miocene The Late Miocene (also known as Upper Miocene) is a sub-epoch of the Miocene epoch (geology), Epoch made up of two faunal stage, stages. The Tortonian and Messinian stages comprise the Late Miocene sub-epoch, which lasted from 11.63 Ma (million ye ....A review of the early Miocene Mastixioid flora of the Kristina Mine at Hrádek nad Nisou in North Bohemia, The Cz ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stemona Griffithiana
''Stemona'' is a genus of vines and subshrubs in the family Stemonaceae, described as a genus in 1790. ''Stemona'' is native to China, the Indian Subcontinent, Southeast Asia, Papuasia, and northern Australia. Species Fossil record 2 fossil seeds of †''Stemona germanica'' from the early Miocene, have been found in the Kristina Mine at Hrádek nad Nisou in North Bohemia, the Czech Republic. Fossil seeds of ''Stemona germanica'' have also been recorded from the nearby Hartau in Germany. ''Stemona'' fossil seeds are recorded from many European sites ranging in ages from the Maastrichtian to the Late Miocene.A review of the early Miocene Mastixioid flora of the Kristina Mine at Hrádek nad Nisou in North Bohemia, The Czech Republic, January 2012 by F. Holý, Z. Kvaček and Vasilis Teodoridis - ACTA MUSEI NATIONALIS PRAGAE Series B – Historia Naturalis • vol. 68 • 2012 • no. 3–4 • pp. 53–118 Cultivation and uses ''Stemona tuberosa'' (Chinese: 百部; pinyin: bǎ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nicobar Islands
The Nicobar Islands are an archipelagic island chain in the eastern Indian Ocean. They are located in Southeast Asia, northwest of Aceh on Sumatra, and separated from Thailand to the east by the Andaman Sea. Located southeast of the Indian subcontinent, across the Bay of Bengal, they are part of India, as the Nicobar district within the union territory of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. UNESCO has declared the Great Nicobar Island as one of the World Network of Biosphere Reserves. The International Coordinating Council of UNESCO’s Man and the Biosphere Programme (MAB), added the following new sites to the World Network of Biosphere Reserves (WNBR) http://www.unesco.org/new/en/media-services/multimedia/photos/mab-2013/india/. Geography The Nicobar Islands cover a land area of and had a pop ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an island country in South Asia. It lies in the Indian Ocean, southwest of the Bay of Bengal, and southeast of the Arabian Sea; it is separated from the Indian subcontinent by the Gulf of Mannar and the Palk Strait. Sri Lanka shares a maritime border with India and Maldives. Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte is its legislative capital, and Colombo is its List of cities in Sri Lanka, largest city and financial centre. Sri Lanka has a population of around 22 million (2020) and is a multinational state, home to diverse cultures, languages, and ethnicities. The Sinhalese people, Sinhalese are the majority of the nation's population. The Tamils, who are a large minority group, have also played an influential role in the island's history. Other long establ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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