Lasianthus
Encyclopedia
Lasianthus is a genus of plant
in family Rubiaceae
. It contains the following species (but this list may be incomplete):
Plant
Plants are living organisms belonging to the kingdom Plantae. Precise definitions of the kingdom vary, but as the term is used here, plants include familiar organisms such as trees, flowers, herbs, bushes, grasses, vines, ferns, mosses, and green algae. The group is also called green plants or...
in family Rubiaceae
Rubiaceae
The Rubiaceae is a family of flowering plants, variously called the coffee family, madder family, or bedstraw family. The group contains many commonly known plants, including the economically important coffee , quinine , and gambier , and the horticulturally valuable madder , west indian jasmine ,...
. It contains the following species (but this list may be incomplete):
- Lasianthus capitulatus, Wt.Robert WightRobert Wight was a Scottish surgeon and botanist who spent 30 years in India. He studied botany in Edinburgh under John Hope. He was the director of the Botanic Garden in Madras. He made use of local artists to make illustrations of the plants around him...
- Lasianthus ciliatusLasianthus ciliatusLasianthus ciliatus is a species of plant in the Rubiaceae family. It is endemic to India.-Source:* World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1998. . Downloaded on 22 August 2007....
, WightRobert WightRobert Wight was a Scottish surgeon and botanist who spent 30 years in India. He studied botany in Edinburgh under John Hope. He was the director of the Botanic Garden in Madras. He made use of local artists to make illustrations of the plants around him... - Lasianthus gardneriLasianthus gardneriLasianthus gardneri is a species of plant in the Rubiaceae family. It is endemic to Sri Lanka.-Source:* World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1998. . Downloaded on 22 August 2007....
, Hook.f.Joseph Dalton HookerSir Joseph Dalton Hooker OM, GCSI, CB, MD, FRS was one of the greatest British botanists and explorers of the 19th century. Hooker was a founder of geographical botany, and Charles Darwin's closest friend... - Lasianthus grandifoliusLasianthus grandifoliusLasianthus grandifolius is a species of plant in the Rubiaceae family. It is endemic to Tanzania.-Source:* Lovett, J. & Clarke, G.P. 1998. . Downloaded on 22 August 2007....
, Verdc.Bernard VerdcourtBernard Verdcourt was a biologist and taxonomist, most widely known as a botanist and latterly an Honorary Research Fellow at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew in London. Prior to coming to Kew in 1964, he was associated with the East African Herbarium for 15 years... - Lasianthus kilimandscharicusLasianthus kilimandscharicusLasianthus kilimandscharicus is a shrub or tree found in Kenya. It becomes tall; bark smooth, grey. Leaves elliptic, base cuneate, apex acuminate, by , glabrous or nearly so. Flowers white or pale purple....
, K. Schum. - Lasianthus oliganthusLasianthus oliganthusLasianthus oliganthus is a species of plant in the Rubiaceae family. It is endemic to Sri Lanka.-Source:* World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1998. . Downloaded on 22 August 2007....
, Thwaites - Lasianthus pedunculatusLasianthus pedunculatusLasianthus pedunculatus is a species of plant in the Rubiaceae family. It is endemic to Tanzania.-Source:* Lovett, J. & Clarke, G.P. 1998. . Downloaded on 22 August 2007....
, E.A.Bruce - Lasianthus rhinophyllusLasianthus rhinophyllusLasianthus rhinophyllus is a species of plant in the Rubiaceae family. It is endemic to Sri Lanka.-Source:* World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1998. . Downloaded on 22 August 2007....
, (Thwaites) Thwaites - Lasianthus rostratusLasianthus rostratusLasianthus rostratus is a species of plant in the Rubiaceae family. It is endemic to India.-Source:* World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1998. . Downloaded on 22 August 2007....
, WightRobert WightRobert Wight was a Scottish surgeon and botanist who spent 30 years in India. He studied botany in Edinburgh under John Hope. He was the director of the Botanic Garden in Madras. He made use of local artists to make illustrations of the plants around him... - Lasianthus tomentosusLasianthus tomentosusLasianthus tomentosus is a species of plant in the Rubiaceae family. It is found in Indonesia and Singapore. It is threatened by habitat loss.-Source:* World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1998. . Downloaded on 22 August 2007....
, BlumeCarl Ludwig BlumeCharles Ludwig de Blume or Karl Ludwig von Blume was a German-Dutch botanist.He was born at Braunschweig in Germany, but studied at Leiden University and spent his professional life working in the Dutch East Indies and in the Netherlands, where he was Director of the Rijksherbarium at Leiden... - Lasianthus variansLasianthus variansLasianthus varians is a species of plant in the Rubiaceae family. It is endemic to Sri Lanka.-Source:* World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1998. . Downloaded on 22 August 2007....
, Thwaites - Lasianthus venulosus, (W&A) Wt.
- Lasianthus wallaceiLasianthus wallaceiLasianthus wallacei is a species of plant in the Rubiaceae family. It is endemic to Tanzania.-Source:* Lovett, J. & Clarke, G.P. 1998. . Downloaded on 22 August 2007....
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