langs: 8 декабря [ru] / december 8 [en] / 8. dezember [de] / 8 décembre [fr] / 8 dicembre [it] / 8 de diciembre [es]
days: december 5 / december 6 / december 7 / december 8 / december 9 / december 10 / december 11
Torreya taxifolia , commonly known as Florida torreya or stinking-cedar , but also sometimes as Florida nutmeg or gopher wood , is an endangered subcanopy tree of the yew family , Taxaceae . It is native to only a small glacial refugium in the southeastern United States , at the state border region
Monique Keraudren-Aymonin (8 December 1928– 25 May 1981) was a French botanist . [1] [2] French botanist (1928–1981) She was researcher and taxonomist in the National Museum of Natural History of France , in Paris. She specialised in the study of the flora of Madagascar and of the Comoros , of the f
Paul Dietrich Giseke (8 December 1741 Hamburg , Germany – 26 April 1796), was a German botanist, physician, teacher and librarian. Giseke's map of the plant families Giseke was the son of a Hamburg merchant. He started his studies at the Academic Gymnasium in Hamburg. He joined the University of Göt
#3 Richard Émile Augustin de Candolle
Richard Émile Augustin de Candolle (8 December 1868, Walton-on-Thames – 4 May 1920, Vallon ) was a Swiss botanist and was British consul to the Canton of Geneva between 1912 and 1918. [1] Swiss botanist (1868–1920) This article includes a list of general references , but it lacks sufficient correspo
#4 Johann Georg Ritter von Zimmermann
Johann Georg Ritter von Zimmermann / Johann Georg Zimmermann (8 December 1728, in Brugg , Aargau – 7 October 1795, in Hanover ) was a Swiss philosophical writer, naturalist , and physician . He was the private physician of George III and later Frederick the Great . For other uses of "Zimmermann",
#5 David Don
David Don (21 December 1799 – 15 December 1841) was a Scottish botanist . Scottish botanist (1799–1841) David Don Born ( 1799-12-21 ) 21 December 1799 Forfar , Angus, Scotland Died 15 December 1841 (1841-12-15) (aged 41) Known for Description of major conifers Spouse(s) Mary Evans Parent(s) Caro
Aimé Jacques Alexandre Bonpland [1] ( French: [ɛme bɔ̃plɑ̃] ; 22 August 1773 – 11 May 1858) was a French explorer and botanist who traveled with Alexander von Humboldt in Latin America from 1799 to 1804. He co-authored volumes of the scientific results of their expedition. French explorer and bo
Alice Lounsberry (6 November 1873 – 21 November 1949, both in New York City ) was an American botanist and author active in the United States during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. (Some sources give her birth year as 1872.) She worked closely with the Australian botanical artist Ellis Rowan
Martin Martens (8 December 1797 – 8 February 1863) was a Belgian botanist and chemist born in Maastricht , Netherlands. Belgian botanist and chemist (1797–1863) He studied medicine in Liège , afterwards serving as a physician in Maastricht from 1823 to 1835. From 1835 to 1863 he was a professor of c
William Robert Guilfoyle (8 December 1840 – 25 June 1912) was an English landscape gardener and botanist in Victoria , Australia , acknowledged as the architect of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Melbourne and was responsible for the design of many parks and gardens in Melbourne and regional Victoria. En
Jacob Georg Agardh (8 December 1813 in Lund , Sweden – 17 January 1901 [1] in Lund, Sweden) was a Swedish botanist , phycologist , and taxonomist . [2] Swedish botanist, phycologist, and taxonomist (1813–1901) Jacob Georg Agardh Jacob Georg Agardh (1813–1901) painted by Oscar Björck in 1893 Born 8 D
#11 Friedrich Traugott Kützing
Friedrich Traugott Kützing (8 December 1807 in Ritteburg – 9 September 1893) was a German pharmacist , botanist and phycologist . Friedrich Traugott Kützing Born ( 1807-12-08 ) December 8, 1807 Ritteburg Died September 9, 1893 (1893-09-09) (aged 85) Nationality Germany Known for Significant scie
#12 Johann Hedwig
Johann Hedwig (8 December 1730 – 18 February 1799), also styled as Johannes Hedwig , was a German botanist notable for his studies of mosses . He is sometimes called the "father of bryology ". He is known for his particular observations of sexual reproduction in the cryptogams . [1] Many of his writ
#13 Gertrude Jekyll
Gertrude Jekyll VMH ( / ˈ dʒ iː k əl / JEE -kəl ; 29 November 1843 – 8 December 1932) was a British horticulturist , garden designer , craftswoman, photographer, writer and artist. [1] She created over 400 gardens in the United Kingdom, Europe and the United States, and wrote over 1000 articles [1]
Joseph Garnett Wood (2 September 1900 – 8 December 1959) was an Australian professor of botany and a president of the Royal Society of South Australia . Wood was born in Adelaide , South Australia and educated at Unley High School , the South Australian School of Mines and Industries and the Univers
#15 Ezra Brainerd
Ezra Brainerd (December 17, 1844 – December 8, 1924) was president of Middlebury College , Vermont, United States, from 1885 until 1908. Born in St. Albans, Vermont , Brainerd was a graduate of the college in 1864. Brainerd assumed the presidency at a time when the college was recovering from an ext
#16 Earl Lemley Core
Earl Lemley Core (January 20, 1902 – December 8, 1984) was a botanist and botanical educator, researcher, and author as well as a local West Virginia historian. He was founder of the Southern Appalachian Botanical Club and editor of its journal, Castanea , for thirty-five years. He was a teacher and
Arthur Duvernoix Houghton, or A.D. Houghton, (June 8, 1870 - January 23, 1938) was a medical doctor, a botanist specializing in cacti , a member of the Los Angeles, California, City Council from 1904 to 1906 and one of the founders of the American Legion . In his early years he was a showman who pre
#18 E. B. Babcock
Ernest Brown Babcock (July 10, 1877 – December 8, 1954) was an American plant geneticist who pioneered the understanding of plant evolution in terms of genetics. [1] He is particularly known for seeking to understand by field investigations and extensive experiments, the entire polyploid apomictic g
#19 Andrey Beketov
Andrey Nikolayevich Beketov ( Russian : Андрей Николаевич Бекетов , 8 December 1825, Saratov Governorate , Russian Empire — 1 July 1902, Shakhmatovo, Moscow Governorate ) was a prominent Russian Imperial botanist , an Honourable member of the Saint Petersburg Academy of Sciences . [1] [2] Andrey Bek
Harry Morton Fitzpatrick (27 June 1886 – 8 December 1949), was an American mycologist . He was professor of mycology at Cornell. He is known for his work on the Phycomycetes. His book on the Lower Fungi was the standard text and reference work on the Phycomycetes. He trained Clark Thomas Rogerson an
#1 Almaty Zoo
Almaty Zoo ( Kazakh : Алматы зообақ ; Russian : Алматинский зоопарк ) is the state zoo of the city Almaty in Kazakhstan . The Almaty Zoo is one of the largest and oldest zoological parks in the Republic of Kazakhstan. Zoo in Kazakhstan Алматы зообақ Almaty Zoo Date opened 1936 Location Almaty , Kaza
#2 Brevard Zoo
Brevard Zoo is a 75-acre nonprofit facility located in Melbourne, Florida , United States, that is home to more than 900 animals representing more than 195 species from Florida , South America, Africa, Asia, and Australia. The zoo features animal feedings, kayak tours, behind-the-scenes tours, and a