langs: 4 октября [ru] / october 4 [en] / 4. oktober [de] / 4 octobre [fr] / 4 ottobre [it] / 4 de octubre [es]
days: october 1 / october 2 / october 3 / october 4 / october 5 / october 6 / october 7
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
Over 7,500 cultivars of the culinary or eating apple ( Malus domestica ) are known. [1] Some are extremely important economically as commercial products, though the vast majority are not suitable for mass production. In the following list, use for "eating" means that the fruit is consumed raw, rathe
#1 Alan Burges
Norman Alan Burges (5 August 1911 – 4 October 2002), CBE, was an Australian botanist who became the first Vice-Chancellor of the New University of Ulster in Coleraine, Northern Ireland. Not to be confused with Alan Burgess .
Johann , or Jean-Frederic , Hermann , or Herrmann , (31 December 1738 in Barr , Alsace – 4 October 1800 in Strasbourg ) was a French physician and naturalist . Johann Hermann Reconstruction of Professor Hermann's cabinet of natural history in the Musée zoologique de la ville de Strasbourg In 1769 he
Lewis Caleb Beck (4 October 1798 Schenectady – 20 April 1853 Albany, New York ) was an American physician , botanist , chemist , and mineralogist . The standard author abbreviation L.C.Beck is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name . [1] United States naturalist (179
John Hendley Barnhart (October 4, 1871 – November 11, 1949) was an American botanist and author, specializing in biographies of botanists. [1] American botanist and author (1871–1949) This article needs additional citations for verification . ( June 2016 )
#5 Elmar Leppik
Elmar Emil Leppik , earlier Lepik (1898–1978) was an Estonian mycologist and theoretical biologist . He established a mycological herbarium and library at the University of Tartu . [1] His birth date in 1898 has been given variously as 3 or 4 October or as 3 December, he died 4 November 1978 in Mary
Heinrich Poselger (25 December 1818 – 4 October 1883) was a German botanist who specialized in studies of succulent plants . From 1849 to 1851 he collected plants, especially cacti , along the U.S.-Mexico border, and in the process took part in the United States and Mexican Boundary Survey . His col
Martín Sessé y Lacasta (December 11, 1751 – October 4, 1808) was a Spanish botanist, who relocated to New Spain (now Mexico) during the 18th century to study and classify the flora of the territory. The standard author abbreviation Sessé is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a bo
Edward Alexander Preble (born in Somerville , Massachusetts on ( 1871-06-11 ) June 11, 1871 ; died October 4, 1957 (1957-10-04) (aged 86) ) was an American naturalist and conservationist . He is noted for work in studying birds and mammals of the Pacific Northwest. He also acted as an editor for n
Professor Robert Harkness FRS FRSE FGS (28 July 1816 – 4 October 1878), was a British geologist and mineralogist. [1] British geologist and mineralogist (1816–1878) Robert Harkness Born ( 1816-07-28 ) 28 July 1816 Ormskirk Died 4 October 1878 (1878-10-04) (aged 62) Dublin Nationality British Educa
Francis Ernest Lloyd (October 4, 1868 – October 10, 1947) was an American botanist . For other people named Francis Lloyd, see Francis Lloyd (disambiguation) . Francis Ernest Lloyd Francis Ernest Lloyd (right) with chemist Helen Miles Davis Born ( 1868-10-04 ) October 4, 1868 Manchester , England Di
Francisco José de Caldas ( October 4 , 1768 – October 28, 1816) was a Colombian lawyer , military engineer , self-taught naturalist , mathematician , geographer and inventor (he created the first hypsometer ), who was executed by orders of Pablo Morillo during the Spanish American Reconquista for be
#12 Barry Conn
Barry John Conn ( Barry Conn , born 1948), is an Australian botanist. [1] He was awarded a Ph.D. from Adelaide University in 1982 for work on Prostanthera . [2] Australian botanist Barry John Conn Born 1948 Nationality Australian Scientific career Fields Botany Plant Systematics Lamiaceae Urticaceae
#13 Margaret Gatty
Margaret Gatty ( née Scott, 3 June 1809 – 4 October 1873) was an English children's author and writer on marine biology. [1] In some writings she argues against Charles Darwin 's Origin of Species . She became a popular writer of tales for young people, which she hoped would influence adult minds as
Jens Wilhelm August Lind (1 March 1874, in Nykøbing Mors – 4 October 1939, in Viborg ) was a Danish apothecary , botanist and mycologist . He was a pupil of Emil Rostrup and published a full account of all fungi collected in Denmark by Rostrup . These were mainly microfungi , such as plant pathogens
Augustin François César Prouvençal de Saint-Hilaire (4 October 1779 – 3 September 1853), French botanist and traveler, was born at Orléans , France, on 4 October 1779. A keen observer, he is credited with important discoveries in botany, notably the direction of the radicle in the embryo sac and t
#16 Gustav Kunze
Gustav Kunze (4 October 1793, Leipzig – 30 April 1851, Leipzig) was a German professor of zoology , an entomologist and botanist with an interest mainly in ferns and orchids. German naturalist (1793–1851) Gustav Kunze Kunze joined the Wernerian Natural History Society in Edinburgh in 1817. He later
#17 Michel Gandoger
Abbé Jean Michel Gandoger (10 May 1850 – 4 October 1926), was a French botanist and mycologist . [1] He was born in Arnas , the son of a wealthy vineyard owner in the Beaujolais region. Although he took holy orders at the age of 26, he devoted his life to the study of botany , specializing in the ge
#18 Francisco Tamayo
Francisco Tamayo Yepes (4 October 1902 in Lara , Venezuela – 14 February 1985 in Caracas , Venezuela) was a Venezuelan botanist . Venezuelan botanist Species named after Tamayo include Erytina tamayonis , Ichantus tamayonis , Lupinus tamayoanus , Mammiliaria tamayonis , Paspalum tamayonis , Peperomi
James Hingston Tuckey (August 1776 – 4 October 1816) was an Irish-born British explorer and a captain in the Royal Navy . [1] Some sources mistakenly refer to him as James Kingston Tuckey . James Hingston Tuckey Born August 1776 Greenhill, near Mallow, County Cork Died 4 October 1816 ( 1816-10-05
#20 Georg Forster
Johann George Adam Forster , also known as Georg Forster [nb 1] ( German pronunciation: [ˈɡeːɔʁk ˈfɔʁstɐ] , 27 November 1754 – 10 January 1794), was a German naturalist , ethnologist , travel writer , journalist and revolutionary. At an early age, he accompanied his father, Johann Reinhold Forster ,