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#1 Brazil nut
The Brazil nut ( Bertholletia excelsa ) is a South American tree in the family Lecythidaceae , and it is also the name of the tree's commercially harvested edible seeds . It is one of the largest and longest-lived trees in the Amazon rainforest . The fruit and its nutshell – containing the edible Br
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
Lasthenia conjugens , commonly known as Contra Costa goldfields , is an endangered species of wildflower endemic to a limited range within the San Francisco Bay Area of the state of California , USA . [1] Specifically this rare species occurs in Napa , [2] Santa Barbara , [3] Solano , Contra Costa ,
#1 Anton Rochel
Anton Rochel (18 June 1770, in Neunkirchen – 12 May 1847, in Graz ) was an Austrian surgeon and naturalist, known for his botanical investigations of Banat and the Carpathians . Up until 1798 he served as a surgeon in the Austrian army, then from 1798 to 1820 worked as a physician in Moravia and Hun
James Lauritz Reveal (March 29, 1941 – January 9, 2015) [1] was a U.S. botanist best known for his contributions to the genus Eriogonum and for his work on suprageneric names. His website, at PlantSystematics.org, [2] also presents material on plant taxonomy including the Reveal system . [3] He publ
#3 Karl Schnarf
Karl Schnarf (12 December 1879 in Vienna – 18 June 1947 in Vienna) was an Austrian botanist , known for his research in the field of plant embryology . Austrian botanist (1879–1947) From 1900 he studied natural sciences at the University of Vienna , where one of his instructors was botanist Richard
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
Johann Fran(t)z Drège (or Jean François Drège ) (25 March 1794 Altona, Hamburg , Germany – 3 February 1881 Altona, Hamburg , Germany), commonly referred to by his standard botanical author abbreviation Drège , [1] was a German horticulturalist, botanical collector and explorer of Huguenot descent. D
Paul Heinemann (February 16, 1916 – June 18, 1996) was a Belgian botanist and mycologist . [1] Heinemann specialized in African mycology. In his long career, he published 435 names, including 2 families , 6 genera , 346 species , and 40 varieties . [2] [3] His collections of dried specimens, numberi
Edgar Shannon Anderson (November 9, 1897 – June 18, 1969) was an American botanist . [1] [2] He introduced the term introgressive hybridization [3] and his 1949 book of that title was an original and important contribution to botanical genetics . [4] HIs work on the transfer and origin of adaptation
Wilhelm Gerhard Walpers (26 December 1816 in Mühlhausen – 18 June 1853 in Berlin ) was a German botanist . This botanist is denoted by the author abbreviation Walp. when citing a botanical name . [1] German botanist (1816–1853) He received his education at the Universities of Greifswald and Breslau
George Newton Best (October 16, 1846 – June 18, 1926) was an American bryologist , expert on moss taxonomy , and second president of the Sullivant Moss Society . [1] [2] American bryologist George Newton Best Born October 16, 1846 Round Valley, Clinton Township, New Jersey Died June 18, 1926 ( 192
Karl Theodor Hartweg (18 June 1812 – 3 February 1871) was a German botanist . He collected numerous new species of plants in Colombia , Ecuador, Guatemala , Mexico and California in the United States, collecting for the London Horticultural Society . Many of the species he discovered were formally p
František Smotlacha (born 30 January 1884 in Hradec Králové - died 18 June 1956 in Prague ) was a Czech mycologist . [1] He founded the Czechoslovak Mycological Society in 1921 together with Rudolf Veselý [2] and the leading journal of Czech mycology: Mykologický sborník - Časopis Českých Houbařů (k
John White (c. 1756 – 20 February 1832) was an Irish surgeon and botanical collector. John White Born c.1756 Drumaran , Belcoo , County Fermanagh Died 20 February 1832 Worthing Nationality Irish Citizenship Kingdom of Ireland and, later, British Scientific career Fields surgeon, zoologist , botanist
#13 Frits Went
Friedrich August Ferdinand Christian Went ForMemRS [1] (June 18, 1863 – July 24, 1935) was a Dutch botanist . Dutch botanist For his son, also a botanist, see Frits Warmolt Went . Frits Went Went was born in Amsterdam . He was professor of botany and director of the Botanical Garden at the Universit
#14 Charles Darwin
Charles Robert Darwin FRS FRGS FLS FZS JP [6] ( / ˈ d ɑːr w ɪ n / ; [7] DAR -win ; 12 February 1809 – 19 April 1882) was an English naturalist , geologist , and biologist , [8] widely known for contributing to the understanding of evolutionary biology . [I] His proposition that all species of life
#15 William Baldwin (botanist)
William Baldwin (March 29, 1779 – September 1, 1819) was an American physician and botanist who is today remembered for his significant contributions to botanical studies, especially Cyperaceae . [1] [2] : 15–16 He lived in Pennsylvania , Delaware , and Georgia , and served as a ship's surgeon o
Hamilton Paul Traub (June 18, 1890 – July 14, 1983) was an American botanist. He specialized in the study of Amaryllidaceae . [1] He also did horticultural studies on beans. [2] dr Traub was one of the founding members of the American Amaryllis Society (now the International Bulb Society ) in 1933,
Lester Frank Ward (June 18, 1841 – April 18, 1913) was an American botanist , paleontologist , and sociologist . [1] He served as the first president of the American Sociological Association . American scientist and sociologist (1841–1913) This article includes a list of general references , but it
#18 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)
Frank Nicholas Meyer (30 November 1875 – 2 June 1918) was a United States Department of Agriculture explorer who traveled to Asia to collect new plant species . [1] The Meyer lemon was named in his honor. [2] American botanist Frank Nicholas Meyer Meyer c. 1909 Born Frans Nicolaas Meijer ( 1875-11
#20 Abraham Rees
Abraham Rees (1743 – 9 June 1825) was a Welsh nonconformist minister, and compiler of Rees's Cyclopædia (in 45 volumes). Abraham Rees, circa 1802.
SeaWorld San Antonio is a 250-acre (100 ha) marine mammal park , oceanarium and animal theme park in the Westover Hills District of San Antonio , Texas , on the city's west side. It is the largest of the three parks in the SeaWorld chain owned and operated by SeaWorld Parks & Entertainment and one
Busch Gardens Tampa Bay is a 335-acre (136 ha) African-centered animal theme park located in Tampa, Florida , United States. Owned and operated by SeaWorld Parks & Entertainment , the park opened on June 1, 1959. The park has an annual attendance consistently exceeding 4 million, often ranking sec