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Christopher Nigel Page, the Glossary

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Christopher Nigel Page (1942–2022) was an English botanist who specialised in Ferns and Spermatophytes.[1]

Table of Contents

  1. 37 relations: Adiantum, Afrocarpus, Afrocarpus dawei, Afrocarpus gracilior, Araucaria araucana, BBC Four, Botany, Brisbane, Camborne School of Mines, Cambridge University Press, Cheilanthes, Cheltenham, Conifer, Cornwall, Doodia, Durham University, Fern, Hobart, Hong Kong, Japan, Linnean Society of London, New Naturalist, New Zealand, Newcastle University, Philippines, Retrophyllum, Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, Royal Geological Society of Cornwall, Seed plant, Stithians, Sundacarpus, Taiwan, United Kingdom, University of Exeter, University of Oxford, University of Queensland, William Collins, Sons.

  2. 21st-century British botanists
  3. British pteridologists

Adiantum

Adiantum, the maidenhair fern (not to be confused with the similar-looking maidenhair spleenwort fern), is a genus of about 250 species of ferns in the subfamily Vittarioideae of the family Pteridaceae, though some researchers place it in its own family, Adiantaceae.

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Afrocarpus

Afrocarpus is a genus of conifers of the family Podocarpaceae.

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Afrocarpus dawei

Afrocarpus dawei is a species of conifer in the family Podocarpaceae.

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Afrocarpus gracilior

Afrocarpus gracilior (syn. Podocarpus gracilior) is a species of coniferous tree in the family Podocarpaceae known as benet in Marakwet and East African yellowwood, African fern tree, or bastard yellowwood in English It is native to eastern Africa, in Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda, in Afromontane habitats.

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Araucaria araucana

Araucaria araucana, commonly called the monkey puzzle tree, monkey tail tree, piñonero, pewen or Chilean pine, is an evergreen tree growing to a trunk diameter of and a height of.

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BBC Four

BBC Four is a British free-to-air public broadcast television channel owned and operated by the BBC.

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Botany

Botany, also called plant science (or plant sciences), plant biology or phytology, is the science of plant life and a branch of biology.

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Brisbane

Brisbane (Meanjin) is the capital of the state of Queensland and the third-most populous city in Australia and Oceania, with a population of approximately 2.6 million.

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Camborne School of Mines

Camborne School of Mines (Scoll Balow Cambron), commonly abbreviated to CSM, was founded in 1888.

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Cambridge University Press

Cambridge University Press is the university press of the University of Cambridge.

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Cheilanthes

Cheilanthes, commonly known as lip ferns, is a genus of about 180 species of rock-dwelling ferns with a cosmopolitan distribution in warm, dry, rocky regions, often growing in small crevices high up on cliffs.

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Cheltenham

Cheltenham is a spa town and borough on the edge of the Cotswolds in Gloucestershire, England.

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Conifer

Conifers are a group of cone-bearing seed plants, a subset of gymnosperms.

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Cornwall

Cornwall (Kernow;; or) is a ceremonial county in South West England.

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Doodia

Doodia is a genus of ferns in the family Blechnaceae, subfamily Blechnoideae, in the suborder Aspleniineae (eupolypods II).

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Durham University

Durham University (legally the University of Durham) is a collegiate public research university in Durham, England, founded by an Act of Parliament in 1832 and incorporated by royal charter in 1837.

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Fern

The ferns (Polypodiopsida or Polypodiophyta) are a group of vascular plants (plants with xylem and phloem) that reproduce via spores and have neither seeds nor flowers.

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Hobart

Hobart ((palawa kani: nipaluna) is the capital and most populous city of the island state of Tasmania, Australia. Located in Tasmania's south-east on the estuary of the River Derwent, it is the southernmost capital city in Australia. Despite containing nearly half of Tasmania's population, Hobart is the least-populated Australian state capital city, and second-smallest by population and area after Darwin if territories are taken into account.

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Hong Kong

Hong Kong is a special administrative region of the People's Republic of China.

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Japan

Japan is an island country in East Asia, located in the Pacific Ocean off the northeast coast of the Asian mainland.

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Linnean Society of London

The Linnean Society of London is a learned society dedicated to the study and dissemination of information concerning natural history, evolution, and taxonomy.

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New Naturalist

The New Naturalist Library (also known as The New Naturalists) is a series of books published by Collins in the United Kingdom, on a variety of natural history topics relevant to the British Isles.

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New Zealand

New Zealand (Aotearoa) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean.

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Newcastle University

Newcastle University (legally the University of Newcastle upon Tyne) is a public research university based in Newcastle upon Tyne, North East England.

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Philippines

The Philippines, officially the Republic of the Philippines, is an archipelagic country in Southeast Asia.

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Retrophyllum

Retrophyllum is a genus of conifers in the family Podocarpaceae.

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Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh

The Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (RBGE) (Gàrradh Luibh-eòlais Rìoghail Dhùn Èideann) is a scientific centre for the study of plants, their diversity and conservation, as well as a popular tourist attraction.

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Royal Geological Society of Cornwall

The Royal Geological Society of Cornwall is a geological society originally based in Penzance, Cornwall in the United Kingdom.

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Seed plant

A seed plant or spermatophyte, also known as a phanerogam (taxon Phanerogamae) or a phaenogam (taxon Phaenogamae), is any plant that produces seeds.

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Stithians

Stithians (Stedhyans), also known as St Stythians, is a village and civil parish in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom.

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Sundacarpus

Sundacarpus is a monotypic genus of conifers containing a single species Sundacarpus amarus, belonging to the family Podocarpaceae.

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Taiwan

Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia.

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United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Northwestern Europe, off the coast of the continental mainland.

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University of Exeter

The University of Exeter is a research university in the West Country of England, with its main campus in Exeter, Devon.

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University of Oxford

The University of Oxford is a collegiate research university in Oxford, England.

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University of Queensland

The University of Queensland (UQ or Queensland University) is a public research university located primarily in Brisbane, the capital city of the Australian state of Queensland.

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William Collins, Sons

William Collins, Sons & Co., often referred to as Collins, was a Scottish printing and publishing company founded by a Presbyterian schoolmaster, William Collins, in Glasgow in 1819, in partnership with Charles Chalmers, the younger brother of Thomas Chalmers, the minister of Tron Church in Glasgow.

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See also

21st-century British botanists

British pteridologists

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Nigel_Page

Also known as C.N.Page.