langs: 22 декабря [ru] / december 22 [en] / 22. dezember [de] / 22 décembre [fr] / 22 dicembre [it] / 22 de diciembre [es]
days: december 19 / december 20 / december 21 / december 22 / december 23 / december 24 / december 25
The African armyworm ( Spodoptera exempta ), also called okalombo , kommandowurm , or nutgrass armyworm , is a species of moth of the family Noctuidae . The larvae often exhibit marching behavior when traveling to feeding sites, leading to the common name "armyworm". [1] The caterpillars exhibit den
#1 Cassava
Manihot esculenta , commonly called cassava ( / k ə ˈ s ɑː v ə / ), manioc , [2] or yuca (among numerous regional names), is a woody shrub of the spurge family, Euphorbiaceae , native to South America. Although a perennial plant, cassava is extensively cultivated as an annual crop in tropical and su
#1 Norman Bor
Norman Loftus Bor CIE OBE FRSE FLS FNI (2 May 1893 – 22 December 1972) was an Irish botanist . [1] [2] He was awarded the Linnean Medal of the Linnean Society in 1962. Irish botanist
#2 Bruce Fink
Bruce Fink (December 22, 1861 – July 10, 1927) was a prominent American lichenologist . His name was synonymous with the field of botany in the United States for more than 30 years. Although educated and well-versed across the spectrum of botany, Fink focused his passion on lichenology, publishing m
John Strong Newberry (December 22, 1822 – December 7, 1892) was an American physician, geologist and paleontologist. He participated as a naturalist and surgeon on three expeditions to explore and survey the western United States. During the Civil War he served in the US Sanitary Commission and was
George Wall (22 December 1821 – 18 December 1894) was a merchant, coffee planter, politician, amateur astronomer, botanist and humanitarian in Ceylon (Sri Lanka) . George Wall Born ( 1821-12-22 ) 22 December 1821 North Shields , England Died 18 December 1894 (1894-12-18) (aged 73) London , England
Melva Noeline Philipson (née Crozier ; 22 December 1925 – 29 April 2015) was a New Zealand botanist. [1] [2] New Zealand botanist (1925–2015) Melva Philipson Melva Philipson in 2007 Born Melva Noeline Crozier ( 1925-12-22 ) 22 December 1925 Palmerston North , New Zealand Died 29 April 2015 (2015-04-
Wilhelm or William Hillebrand (November 13, 1821 – July 13, 1886) was a German physician . He practiced medicine in several different countries, including for over 20 years in the Hawaiian islands . In 1850, Hillebrand lived at what is now Foster Botanical Garden in Honolulu and gained acknowledgeme
#7 Georg Friedrich Schnittspahn
Georg Friedrich Schnittspahn (3 January 1810, in Darmstadt – 22 December 1865, in Darmstadt) was a German botanist . He was the son of Hofgärtner (court gardener) Johann August Schnittspahn (1763-1842). He was trained as a gardener in Darmstadt, and by way of a scholarship from Louis I, Grand Duke o
François , Franciscus , or Frans Kiggelaer (baptized 4 December 1648, in Haarlem – buried 22 December 1722, in The Hague ) [1] was a Dutch botanist, apothecary and curator of the garden of Simon van Beaumont in Leiden . In 1690 he published a plant catalogue of this garden under the title " Horti Be
Alfred Russel Wallace OM FRS (8 January 1823 – 7 November 1913) was a British [1] naturalist , explorer, geographer, anthropologist, biologist and illustrator. [2] He is best known for independently conceiving the theory of evolution through natural selection . His 1858 paper on the subject was publ
#10 Jean Baptiste Bory de Saint-Vincent
Jean-Baptiste Geneviève Marcellin Bory de Saint-Vincent [n 1] was a French naturalist , officer and politician . He was born on 6 July 1778 in Agen ( Lot-et-Garonne ) and died on 22 December 1846 in Paris . Biologist and geographer , he was particularly interested in volcanology , systematics and bo
Olive Blanche Davies MSc (27 October 1884 – 1976/7) [1] was an Australian botanist and botanical artist, noted for being co-author with Alfred Ewart of their 1917 book The Flora of the Northern Territory , and for producing many of the illustrations. [2] Australian artist (1884–1976/7) Petalostigma
Johann Andreas Kneucker (24 January 1862 – 22 December 1946) was a German botanical collector who was a native of Wenkheim, a village that today is part of the community of Werbach , Baden-Württemberg . German botanist Up until 1923 he was a schoolteacher in Karlsruhe , afterwards working as curator
#13 Johann Amman
Johann Amman , Johannes Amman or Иоганн Амман (22 December 1707 in Schaffhausen – 14 December 1741 in St Petersburg ), was a Swiss-Russian botanist, a member of the Royal Society and professor of botany at the Russian Academy of Sciences at St Petersburg . Swiss-Russian botanist (1707–1741) Dasiphor
George Basil Popov (1922, in Iran – 22 December 1998, in London ), was a Russian-British entomologist born in Iran, his father having been employed there by the Imperial Bank of Persia . Popov became an authority on the Desert locust . Desert locust - Schistocerca gregaria George Popov was appointed
#15 Heinrich Agathon Bernstein
Heinrich Agathon Bernstein (22 September 1828 – 19 April 1865) was a German naturalist , zoologist and explorer from Breslau (Wrocław) . German naturalist, zoologist and explorer (1828–1865)
#16 William Mathews (mountaineer)
William Mathews (1828–1901) was an English mountaineer , botanist , land agent and surveyor , who first proposed the formation of the Alpine Club of London in 1857. William Mathews portrayed by Edward Whymper in Zermatt , 1864 (from the original edition of Scrambles Amongst the Alps by Edward Whympe
#17 Allan Cunningham (botanist)
Allan Cunningham (13 July 1791 – 27 June 1839) was an English botanist and explorer , primarily known for his travels in Australia to collect plants . English botanist and explorer (1791–1839) Allan Cunningham Portrait of Allan Cunningham Born ( 1791-07-13 ) 13 July 1791 Wimbledon , Surrey , Engla
#18 Franz Speta
Franz Speta (22 December 1941 – 5 December 2015) was an Austrian botanist. He specialized in bulbous plants , especially the Hyacinthaceae . The standard author abbreviation Speta is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name . [1] Austrian botanist
#19 John C. Semple
John Cameron Semple (born 1947) is a botanist , cytotaxonomist , professor emeritus , and adjunct professor at the University of Waterloo in Ontario, Canada. [1] He was born in Boston and earned a degree of Bachelor of Science in 1969 from Tufts University , followed in 1971 and 1972 by Master of Ar
#20 Thomas Baskerville (botanist)
Thomas Baskerville (1812–1840?) was an English botanical writer. English botanical writer Baskerville was born on 26 April 1812, and served a four-year apprenticeship to Mr. Soulby. From 1 December 1829 to 9 April 1834, he attended lectures on anatomy under Jones Quain , dissection under Richard Qua
The San Francisco Zoo is a 100-acre (40 ha) zoo located in the southwestern corner of San Francisco , California , between Lake Merced and the Pacific Ocean along the Great Highway . The SF Zoo is a public institution, managed by the non-profit San Francisco Zoological Society, [3] a 501(c)(3) org
Lotte World Mall ( Korean : 롯데월드몰 ) is a shopping complex in the Songpa District of Seoul , South Korea . First opened in October 2014, [1] it includes the Lotte World Tower , the Lotte World Mall building, and the Avenue L building. The Lotte World Mall's site comprises 26,000 square meters, with
Tokyo Skytree ( 東京スカイツリー , Tōkyō Sukaitsurī , stylized TOKYO SKYTREE ) is a broadcasting and observation tower in Sumida , Tokyo . It became the tallest structure in Japan in 2010 [3] and reached its full height of 634 meters (2,080 ft) in March 2011, making it the tallest tower in the world, disp
Adventure World ( ja : 白浜アドベンチャーワールド, Shirahama Adventure World ) is a theme park that integrates a zoo , a public aquarium , and an amusement park in the town on Shirayama , Wakayama Prefecture , Japan . It is operated by Hours Co., Ltd. (AWS), an affiliate of Marusue Co., Ltd. (real estate / const
#5 San Francisco Zoo tiger attacks
Two tiger attacks occurred at the San Francisco Zoo , in 2006 and 2007, both involving a female Siberian tiger named Tatiana (June 27, 2003 – December 25, 2007). In the first incident, a zookeeper was bitten on the arm during a public feeding. In the second incident, one person was killed and two