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Floridata: Torenia fournieri
... taxonomy, Carolus Linnaeus, for a contemporary Swedish clergyman, Olaf Toren. The specific epithet honors the French botanist Pierre Fournier. Steve Christman 4/22/05 Copyright 1996 - 2006 Floridata.com LC Tallahassee, Florida ...
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Diary Dates
... That orchid drawings have been considered the bounties of war. Joseph Dombey, an 18th Century French botanist, working on the plants of Peru, with the sanction of Spain, had his drawings seized ...
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People
... botanist, currently Director of Living Plant Collections at Kew Gardens. Thompson, Charles Henry, 1870 - 1931 American botanist and Taxonomist. Weber, Frederic Albert Constantin, 1830 - 1903 French botanist ...
www.living-rocks.com

fromwhence
... double flowers was brought to Leiden. Tournefort (1656-1708) was a French botanist and doctor who went to Asia Minor and Greece.(28) ... of Linnaeus, Daniel Solander (1736-1782) sailed with Joseph Banks as Botanist on Capt. Cooks first voyage of exploration in The Endeavor from ... Nerium indicum Mill.(16) Miller was an English gardener and botanist who was curator of the Chelse Physic Garden and author ...
www.oleander.org

Angraecum sesquipedale - The Christmas star orchid
... deservedly famous orchid was discovered in East Madagascar by Aubert Du Petit-Thouars (1758-1831), French botanist and traveler. His work on the orchids of Madagascar is the first illustrated monograph ever ... of Bethlehem Orchid" also allude to the star-shaped flowers and the long spur. The French common name, "l'Étoile de Madagascar" means the "Star of Madagascar" in English. Angraecum sesquipedale ...
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Japanese Wind Orchid (Neofinetia falcata)
... ), was the sole member of its genus until 1996. The generic name, Neofinetia, commemorates the French botanist Achille Finet (1862-1913). The species name, falcata refers to the sickle-shaped prominent spur ...
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Jay's Internet Orchid Species Photo Encyclopedia B - Br
... as Masdevallia. Common Name or Meaning Named for Barbosa Rodriguez Brazilian Botanist Type species = ! = Pleurothallis gardneri Lindley = Barbosella gardneri [Lindley]Schlechter 1842 Barbosella australis ( ... in the Mascarenes and Madagascar. Common Name or Meaning [Beclard's Orchid [French Botanist 1800's] Type species = ! = Beclardia macrostachya (Thouars) A. Rich. 1828 ~Beclardia brachystachya ...
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Jay's Internet Orchid Species Photo Encyclopedia - Me - Ny
... Jumellea Common Name or Meaning Named for Perrier de la Bathie a French botanist Type Species = ! = Aeranthes perrieri Schlect. 1913 = Neobathiea perrieri [Schlechter] Schlechter 1925 Neobathiea ... genus Neofinetia. Common Name or Meaning Named for Achille Finet a French botanist Synonyms `Angorkis Thou. 1809; Angorchis Spreng 1822; `Finetia Schlechter; `Nipponorchis Masamune 1934 Type Species ...
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Paghat's Garden: Cotoneaster franchetii
... , & your ass is much less goofy. Franchet's cotoneaster (Cotoneaster franchetii) is named for a French botanist. The main one in our woodland gardens forms an arbor over the front stairs leading ...
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Palms of Eldorado
... of its secrets are told in these pages. In this most unusual book a leading French botanist, who has spent many years studying the Amazonian palms in the field, gives a fascinating ... books and many articles. This English edition of Palms of Eldorado is published by the French research institute ORSTOM, in collaboration with Editions Champlour and the International Palm Society. The book ...
www.palms.org

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