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Streptocarpus. Streptocarpus ("twisted fruit" from Greek στρεπτός ( streptos) "twisted" and καρπός ( carpos) "fruit") [ 2] is an Afrotropical genus of flowering plants in the family Gesneriaceae. The genus is native to Afromontane biotopes [ 3] from central, eastern and southern Africa, including Madagascar and the Comoro Islands ...
Lyndon Lyon, who lived in Dolgeville until his death in 1999, developed about 800 hybrid varieties of African violet and helped popularize its use as a houseplant. [8] Lyon's greenhouse in Dolgeville still operates and is known for violets and orchids, [9] and Dolgeville's annual Violet Festival commemorates him. [10] [11]
Streptocarpus ionanthus flowers. Streptocarpus sect. Saintpaulia is a section within Streptocarpus subgenus Streptocarpella[ 1] consisting of about ten species of herbaceous perennial flowering plants in the family Gesneriaceae, native to Tanzania and adjacent southeastern Kenya in eastern tropical Africa.
Linda Joyce Greenhouse (born January 9, 1947) is an American legal journalist who is the Knight Distinguished Journalist in Residence and Joseph M. Goldstein Lecturer in Law at Yale Law School. [ 1] She is a Pulitzer Prize -winning reporter who has covered the United States Supreme Court for nearly three decades for The New York Times. [ 2]
Lyndon B. Johnson. Lyndon Baines Johnson ( / ˈlɪndən ˈbeɪnz /; August 27, 1908 – January 22, 1973), often referred to as LBJ, was an American politician who served as the 36th president of the United States from 1963 to 1969. He became president after the assassination of John F. Kennedy, under whom he had served as the 37th vice ...
August 12, 2024 at 2:13 PM. Grace Kerber is the 23-year-old mastermind behind Mohawk Chevrolet’s “The Dealership.”. If you’re eagerly awaiting the release of “The Office” spinoff, this ...
The New York Botanical Garden (NYBG) is a botanical garden at Bronx Park in the Bronx, New York City.Established in 1891, it is located on a 250-acre (100 ha) site that contains a landscape with over one million living plants; the Enid A. Haupt Conservatory, a greenhouse containing several habitats; and the LuEsther T. Mertz Library, which contains one of the world's largest collections of ...
A year ago, its former president, Kenny Parcell, resigned after the New York Times published an article detailing complaints from employees that included improper touching and sending lewd photos ...