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Roscoea humeana, the Glossary

Index Roscoea humeana

Roscoea humeana is a species of flowering plant in the family Zingiberaceae.[1]

Table of Contents

  1. 29 relations: Award of Garden Merit, Battle of Mons, Brahmaputra River, British Isles, Flowering plant, Herbaceous plant, Isaac Bayley Balfour, Ligule, Peduncle (botany), Perennial, Petal, Plant stem, Plate tectonics, Rhizome, Roscoea, Roscoea cautleyoides, Roscoea praecox, Roscoea wardii, Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Royal Horticultural Society, Sepal, Sichuan, Stamen, Staminode, Tuber, William Wright Smith, Yunnan, Zingiberaceae.

  2. Roscoea
  3. Taxa named by William Wright Smith

Award of Garden Merit

The Award of Garden Merit (AGM) is a long-established annual award for plants by the British Royal Horticultural Society (RHS).

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Battle of Mons

The Battle of Mons was the first major action of the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) in the First World War.

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Brahmaputra River

The Brahmaputra is a trans-boundary river which flows through Tibet (China), Northeastern India, and Bangladesh.

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British Isles

The British Isles are a group of islands in the North Atlantic Ocean off the north-western coast of continental Europe, consisting of the islands of Great Britain, Ireland, the Isle of Man, the Inner and Outer Hebrides, the Northern Isles (Orkney and Shetland), and over six thousand smaller islands.

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Flowering plant

Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae, commonly called angiosperms.

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Herbaceous plant

Herbaceous plants are vascular plants that have no persistent woody stems above ground.

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Isaac Bayley Balfour

Sir Isaac Bayley Balfour, KBE, FRS, FRSE (31 March 1853 – 30 November 1922) was a Scottish botanist.

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Ligule

A ligule (from "strap", variant of lingula, from lingua "tongue") is a thin outgrowth at the junction of leaf and leafstalk of many grasses (family Poaceae) and sedges (family Cyperaceae).

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Peduncle (botany)

In botany, a peduncle is a stalk supporting an inflorescence or a solitary flower, or, after fecundation, an infructescence or a solitary fruit.

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Perennial

In botany, a perennial plant or simply perennial is a plant that lives more than two years.

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Petal

Petals are modified leaves that surround the reproductive parts of flowers.

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Plant stem

A stem is one of two main structural axes of a vascular plant, the other being the root.

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Plate tectonics

Plate tectonics is the scientific theory that Earth's lithosphere comprises a number of large tectonic plates, which have been slowly moving since 3–4 billion years ago.

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Rhizome

In botany and dendrology, a rhizome is a modified subterranean plant stem that sends out roots and shoots from its nodes. Rhizomes are also called creeping rootstalks or just rootstalks. Rhizomes develop from axillary buds and grow horizontally. The rhizome also retains the ability to allow new shoots to grow upwards.

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Roscoea

Roscoea is a genus of perennial plants of the family Zingiberaceae (the ginger family).

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Roscoea cautleyoides

Roscoea cautleyoides is a perennial herbaceous plant occurring in the Sichuan and Yunnan provinces of China. Roscoea humeana and Roscoea cautleyoides are Flora of Sichuan, Flora of Yunnan and Roscoea.

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Roscoea praecox

Roscoea praecox is a perennial herbaceous plant occurring in the Yunnan province of China. Roscoea humeana and Roscoea praecox are Roscoea.

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Roscoea wardii

Roscoea wardii is a perennial herbaceous plant occurring from eastern Arunachal Pradesh in India to western Yunnan in China. Roscoea humeana and Roscoea wardii are Flora of Yunnan and Roscoea.

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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 Botanic Gardens, Kew

Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew is a non-departmental public body in the United Kingdom sponsored by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.

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Royal Horticultural Society

The Royal Horticultural Society (RHS), founded in 1804 as the Horticultural Society of London, is the UK's leading gardening charity.

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Sepal

A sepal is a part of the flower of angiosperms (flowering plants).

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Sichuan

Sichuan is a province in Southwestern China occupying the Sichuan Basin and Tibetan Plateau between the Jinsha River on the west, the Daba Mountains in the north and the Yungui Plateau to the south.

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Stamen

The stamen (stamina or stamens) is the pollen-producing reproductive organ of a flower.

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Staminode

In botany, a staminode is an often rudimentary, sterile or abortive stamen, which means that it does not produce pollen.

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Tuber

Tubers are a type of enlarged structure that plants use as storage organs for nutrients, derived from stems or roots.

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William Wright Smith

Sir William Wright Smith FRS FRSE FLS VMH LLD (2 February 1875 Lochmaben, Dumfriesshire – 15 December 1956) was a Scottish botanist and horticulturalist.

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Yunnan

Yunnan is an inland province in Southwestern China.

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Zingiberaceae

Zingiberaceae or the ginger family is a family of flowering plants made up of about 50 genera with a total of about 1600 known species of aromatic perennial herbs with creeping horizontal or tuberous rhizomes distributed throughout tropical Africa, Asia, and the Americas.

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See also

Roscoea

Taxa named by William Wright Smith

References

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