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View article: Book review: The Australian Botanical Liaison Officer scheme at Kew, 1937–2009
Book review: The Australian Botanical Liaison Officer scheme at Kew, 1937–2009 Open
Book details: George A. S. (ed.), The Australian Botanical Liaison Officer scheme at Kew, 1937–2009. – Kardinya: Four Gables Press, 2023. – ISBN 978-0-6456295-1-4. – 20.9 × 29.8 cm, x + 352 pages, flexibound. – Language: English. – Price: …
View article: The Redouté brothers
The Redouté brothers Open
This work provides the first comprehensive biography of the three Redouté brothers, Antoine-Ferdinand, Pierre-Joseph and Henri-Joseph. Originating from humble origins in the Ardennes, they all took root in Paris where Antoine-Ferdinand bec…
View article: Nomenclatural notes on New South Wales flannel flowers (Actinotus spp., Umbelliferae/Apiaceae) and Leopold Trattinnick’s other Australian plant-names
Nomenclatural notes on New South Wales flannel flowers (Actinotus spp., Umbelliferae/Apiaceae) and Leopold Trattinnick’s other Australian plant-names Open
After a thorough consideration of the history of the European collection and subsequent early cultivation of the commercial flannel flower, a lectotype is designated for Actinotus helianthi Labill. (Umbelliferae/Apiaceae) and the earliest …
View article: The discovery, naming and typification of Michauxia campanuloides (Campanulaceae) with notes on its introduction into cultivation
The discovery, naming and typification of Michauxia campanuloides (Campanulaceae) with notes on its introduction into cultivation Open
Michauxia campanuloides (Campanulaceae) is a biennial to short-lived perennial characterized by white to purple-suffused, deeply lobed corollas with narrow and strongly reflexed corolla lobes. It occurs widely on the eastern fringe of the …
View article: The early botanical exploration of Albania (1839 – 1945)
The early botanical exploration of Albania (1839 – 1945) Open
The botanical exploration of Albania in its modern sense started in the mid-nineteenth century with the collections and publications of A. Grisebach, E. Weiss and C. Grimus von Grimburg, who followed the road from Prizren to Shkoder or wer…
View article: The discovery, typification and rediscovery of wild emmer wheat, Triticum turgidum subsp. dicoccoides (Poaceae)
The discovery, typification and rediscovery of wild emmer wheat, Triticum turgidum subsp. dicoccoides (Poaceae) Open
Wild emmer, Triticum turgidum subsp. dicoccoides, is an annual tetraploid wheat characterized by a brittle spike axis that spontaneously disintegrates at maturity. It occurs widely in the so-called Fertile Crescent of the Near East and is …
View article: Book review: Noltie N. J., Indian forester, Scottish laird. The botanical lives of Hugh Cleghorn of Stravithie
Book review: Noltie N. J., Indian forester, Scottish laird. The botanical lives of Hugh Cleghorn of Stravithie Open
Noltie N. J., Indian forester, Scottish laird. The botanical lives of Hugh Cleghorn of Stravithie. – Edinburgh: Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, 2015. – ISBN 978-1-910877-10-4. – 17.3 × 24.5 cm, xiv + 324 pp., many illustrations, hardback. …
View article: (2680) Proposal to conserve the name <i>Papaver pseudo‐orientale</i> (Fedde) Medw. against <i>P</i>. ×<i>pseudo‐orientale</i> E.G. Camus (<i>Papaveraceae</i>)
(2680) Proposal to conserve the name <i>Papaver pseudo‐orientale</i> (Fedde) Medw. against <i>P</i>. ×<i>pseudo‐orientale</i> E.G. Camus (<i>Papaveraceae</i>) Open
Papaver pseudo-orientale (Fedde) Medw. in Izv. Kavkazsk. Muz. 11: 207. 1918 (P. bracteatum var. pseudo-orientale Fedde in Engler, Pflanzenr. IV. 104 (Heft 40): 365. 21 Dec 1909) [Angiosp.: Papaver.], nom. cons. prop. Typus: [Turkey], Szand…
View article: The discovery and naming of Papaver orientale s.l. (Papaveraceae) with notes on its nomenclature and early cultivation
The discovery and naming of Papaver orientale s.l. (Papaveraceae) with notes on its nomenclature and early cultivation Open
Lack, H. Walter (2019): The discovery and naming of Papaver orientale s.l. (Papaveraceae) with notes on its nomenclature and early cultivation. Candollea 74 (1): 47-64, DOI: 10.15553/c2019v741a7
View article: Book review: Mabberley D. J., Painting by numbers. The life and art of Ferdinand Bauer
Book review: Mabberley D. J., Painting by numbers. The life and art of Ferdinand Bauer Open
Mabberley D. J., Painting by numbers. The life and art of Ferdinand Bauer. – Sydney: NewSouth Books, 2017. – ISBN 978-1-74223-522-6. – 25 × 30.8 cm, 246 pp., many illustrations, hardback. – Price: GBP 46.95.Citation: Lack H. W. 2019: Book …
View article: The discovery and naming of Lomelosia caucasica (Dipsacaceae) with notes on its nomenclature and its early cultivation
The discovery and naming of Lomelosia caucasica (Dipsacaceae) with notes on its nomenclature and its early cultivation Open
Lomelosia caucasica, a common and widespread species native in the Caucasus area, was first collected on the SW margin of its distribution area and illustrated as early as 1702. Subsequently, Tournefort published a polynomial for it that w…
View article: The discovery, naming and typification of <i>Limonium gmelini</i> (<i>Plumbaginaceae</i>)
The discovery, naming and typification of <i>Limonium gmelini</i> (<i>Plumbaginaceae</i>) Open
Maryam Malekmohammadi, H. Walter Lack, Maria Lomonosova3, Hossein Akhani (2017): The discovery, naming and typification of Limonium gmelini (Plumbaginaceae). Willdenowia Annals of the Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin-Dahlem 47 (2…