Hesperantha, the Glossary
Hesperantha is a genus of cormous flowering plants in the family Iridaceae.[1]
Table of Contents
34 relations: Achille Richard, Africa, B. L. Burtt, Carl Linnaeus the Younger, Carl Ludwig Willdenow, Common name, Corm, Cultivar, Flowering plant, Friedrich Wilhelm Klatt, Genus, George Bentham, Greek language, Gwendoline Joyce Lewis, Hesperantha coccinea, Hinrich Lichtenstein, Iridaceae, James Backhouse, Johann Jacob Roemer, John Bellenden Ker, John Charles Manning, John Gilbert Baker, Josef August Schultes, List of plants known as lily, Louisa Bolus, Ludwig Diels, N. E. Brown, Nicolaas Laurens Burman, Olive Mary Hilliard, Peter Goldblatt, Robert Sweet (botanist), Rudolf Schlechter, Synonym (taxonomy), William Henry Harvey.
Achille Richard
Achille Richard was a French botanist, botanical illustrator and physician (27 April 1794 in Paris – 5 October 1852).
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Africa
Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most populous continent after Asia.
B. L. Burtt
Brian Laurence "Bill" Burtt FRSE FLS (27 August 1913 – 30 May 2008), was an English botanist and taxonomist who is noted for his contributions to the family Gesneriaceae.
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Carl Linnaeus the Younger
Carl Linnaeus the Younger, Carolus Linnaeus the Younger, Carl von Linné den yngre (Swedish; abbreviated Carl von Linné d. y.), or Linnaeus filius (Latin for Linnaeus the son; abbreviated L.fil. (outdated) or L.f. (modern) as a botanical authority; 20 January 1741 – 1 November 1783) was a Swedish naturalist.
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Carl Ludwig Willdenow
Carl Ludwig Willdenow (22 August 1765 – 10 July 1812) was a German botanist, pharmacist, and plant taxonomist.
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Common name
In biology, a common name of a taxon or organism (also known as a vernacular name, English name, colloquial name, country name, popular name, or farmer's name) is a name that is based on the normal language of everyday life; and is often contrasted with the scientific name for the same organism, which is often based in Latin.
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Corm
Corm, bulbo-tuber, or bulbotuber is a short, vertical, swollen underground plant stem that serves as a storage organ that some plants use to survive winter or other adverse conditions such as summer drought and heat (perennation).
Cultivar
A cultivar is a kind of cultivated plant that people have selected for desired traits and which retains those traits when propagated.
Flowering plant
Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae, commonly called angiosperms.
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Friedrich Wilhelm Klatt
Friedrich Wilhelm Klatt (13 February 1825 Hamburg – 3 March 1897 Hamburg) was a German botanist who specialised in the study of African plants.
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Genus
Genus (genera) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family as used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses.
George Bentham
George Bentham (22 September 1800 – 10 September 1884) was an English botanist, described by the weed botanist Duane Isely as "the premier systematic botanist of the nineteenth century".
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Greek language
Greek (Elliniká,; Hellēnikḗ) is an independent branch of the Indo-European family of languages, native to Greece, Cyprus, Italy (in Calabria and Salento), southern Albania, and other regions of the Balkans, the Black Sea coast, Asia Minor, and the Eastern Mediterranean.
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Gwendoline Joyce Lewis
Gwendoline Joyce Lewis (1909–1967) was a South African botanist.
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Hesperantha coccinea
Hesperantha coccinea, the river lily, or crimson flag lily (syn. Schizostylis coccinea Backh. & Harv.), is a species of flowering plant in the iris family Iridaceae, native to Southern Africa and Zimbabwe. Hesperantha and Hesperantha coccinea are Iridaceae and Iridaceae stubs.
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Hinrich Lichtenstein
Martin Hinrich Carl Lichtenstein (10 January 1780 – 2 September 1857) was a German physician, explorer, botanist and zoologist.
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Iridaceae
Iridaceae is a family of plants in order Asparagales, taking its name from the irises.
James Backhouse
James Backhouse (8 July 1794 – 20 January 1869) was a botanist and missionary for the Quaker church in Australia.
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Johann Jacob Roemer
Johann Jacob Roemer (8 January 1763, Zürich – 15 January 1819) was a Swiss physician and professor of botany in Zürich, Switzerland.
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John Bellenden Ker
John Bellenden Ker (Gawler) was an English botanist, born about 1764, Ramridge, Andover, Hampshire, which was where he died in June 1842.
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John Charles Manning
John Charles Manning (born 1962) is a South African botanist based in the Compton Herbarium, South African National Biodiversity Institute, Kirstenbosch, South Africa.
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John Gilbert Baker
John Gilbert Baker (13 January 1834 – 16 August 1920) was an English botanist.
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Josef August Schultes
Josef (Joseph) August Schultes (15 April 1773 in Vienna – 21 April 1831 in Landshut) was an Austrian botanist and professor from Vienna.
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List of plants known as lily
Lily usually refers to herbaceous plants of the genus Lilium, with large showy trumpet-shaped flowers.
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Louisa Bolus
Harriet Margaret Louisa Bolus née Kensit (31 July 1877, Burgersdorp – 5 April 1970, Cape Town) was a South African botanist and taxonomist, and the longtime curator of the Bolus Herbarium, from 1903.
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Ludwig Diels
Friedrich Ludwig Emil Diels (24 September 1874 – 30 November 1945) was a German botanist.
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N. E. Brown
Nicholas Edward Brown (11 July 1849 in Redhill, Surrey – 25 November 1934 in Kew Gardens, London) was an English plant taxonomist and authority on succulents.
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Nicolaas Laurens Burman
Nicolaas Laurens Burman (27 December 1734 – 11 September 1793) was a Dutch botanist.
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Olive Mary Hilliard
Olive Mary Hilliard (Hillary, 4 July 1925 – 30 November 2022) was a South African botanist and taxonomist.
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Peter Goldblatt
Peter Goldblatt (born 1943) is a South African botanist, working principally in the United States.
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Robert Sweet (botanist)
Robert Sweet (1783–20 January 1835) was an English botanist, horticulturist and ornithologist.
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Rudolf Schlechter
Friedrich Richard Rudolf Schlechter (16 October 1872 – 16 November 1925) was a German taxonomist, botanist, and author of several works on orchids.
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Synonym (taxonomy)
The Botanical and Zoological Codes of nomenclature treat the concept of synonymy differently.
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William Henry Harvey
William Henry Harvey, FRS FLS (5 February 1811 – 15 May 1866) was an Irish botanist and phycologist who specialised in algae.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hesperantha
Also known as Hesperanthus, Schizostylis.