Fernseea - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

Fernseea is a genus of the botanical

Botany

Botany, plant science, or plant biology is a branch of biology that involves the scientific study of plant life. Traditionally, botany also included the study of fungi, algae and viruses...

family Bromeliaceae

Bromeliaceae

Bromeliaceae is a family of monocot flowering plants of around 3,170 species native mainly to the tropical Americas, with a few species found in the American subtropics and one in tropical west Africa, Pitcairnia feliciana...

, subfamily Bromelioideae

Bromelioideae

Bromelioideae is a subfamily of the bromeliads . This subfamily is the most diverse, represented by the greatest number of genera with 32, but the least number of species with 861. Most of the plants in this group are epiphytes, though some have evolved in, or will adapt to, terrestrial conditions...

. The genus was named in honor of Moravian-Austrian botanist and physician at Vienna, Dr. Heinrich Ritter Wawra von Fernsee

Heinrich Wawra von Fernsee

Heinrich Wawra Ritter von Fernsee, born Jindřich Blažej Vávra, was a Czech-Austrian ship surgeon, botanist and explorer....

(1831-1887) by John Gilbert Baker

John Gilbert Baker

John Gilbert Baker was an English botanist.Baker was born in Guisborough, the son of John and Mary Baker and educated at Quaker schools in Ackworth and York....

Species

Fernseea bocainensis
Fernseea bocainensis
Fernseea bocainensis is a species of the genus Fernseea. This species is endemic to Brazil.-Notes: retrieved 22 October 2009...

E. Pereira & Moutinho
Fernseea itatiaiae
Fernseea itatiaiae
Fernseea itatiaiae is a species of the genus Fernseea. This species is endemic to Brazil.-References:* retrieved 22 October 2009...

(Wawra) Baker

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