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Cadwallader Colden. Alice Christy Colden. Jane Colden (March 27, 1724 – March 10, 1766) was an American botanist, [2] : 53–4 described as the "first botanist of her sex in her country" by Asa Gray in 1843. [3] Although not acknowledged in contemporary botanical publications, she wrote a number of letters resulting in botanist John Ellis ...
American botanist and geographer 1895 1976 Charlotte Cortlandt Ellis: American plant collector 1874-06-27 1956-03-17 United States: Charlotte Elliott: American plant physiologist 1883 1974 Charlotte Grace O'Brien: Irish writer 1845 1909 Chen Hang: Botanist 1931 Chicita F. Culberson: American lichenologist 1931-11-01 United States: Christine Buisman
Chrysanthemum – Dendranthema grandiflora [ vi], Chrysanthemum morifolium. (True) cinnamon – Cinnamomum verum. Clove – Syzygium aromaticum. Clover – Trifolium spp. Coakum – Phytolacca americana. Coconut – Cocos nucifera. Coffee plant – Coffea spp. Colic weed – Corydalis flavula. Collard – Symplocarpus foetidus.
Description. A stemless rosette in Hawaii. V. thapsus is a dicotyledonous plant that produces a rosette of leaves in its first year of growth. [ 3][ 4] The leaves are large, up to 50 cm long. The second-year plants normally produce a single unbranched stem, usually 1–2 m tall.
Flora of the United States. The native flora of the United States includes about 17,000 species of vascular plants, plus tens of thousands of additional species of other plants and plant-like organisms such as algae, lichens and other fungi, and mosses. About 3,800 additional non-native species of vascular plants are recorded as established ...
Plumeria alba is the national flower of Laos, where it is known under the local name champa or dok champa . In Bengali culture, most white flowers, and in particular, plumeria ( Bengali, chômpa or chãpa ), are associated with funerals and death. Indian incenses scented with Plumeria rubra have " champa " in their names.
Moringa oleifera is a fast-growing, drought-resistant tree of the family Moringaceae, native to the Indian subcontinent and used extensively in South and Southeast Asia. [2] Common names include moringa, [3] drumstick tree [3] (from the long, slender, triangular seed-pods), horseradish tree [3] (from the taste of the roots, which resembles ...
Agave americana, commonly known as the century plant, [ 5] maguey, or American aloe, [ 6] is a flowering plant species belonging to the family Asparagaceae. It is native to Mexico and the United States, specifically Texas.