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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. [ 4]
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 ]
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.
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Streptocarpus rexii is a stemless herb growing to a height of about 15 cm (6 in), and forming a rosette of velvety, strap-shaped leaves that are up to 30 cm (12 in) long. Each leaf grows separately from the base of the plant, becoming an individual plant with its own roots and inflorescence. The fruit is a spirally-twisted two-valved capsule ...
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 ...
Alpine garden in the Jardin botanique de Lyon Large greenhouses. The Jardin botanique de Lyon (English: Botanical Garden of Lyon), also known as the Jardin botanique du Parc de la Tête d'Or (Botanical Garden of the Golden Head), is an 8 hectares (20 acres) municipal botanical garden located in the Parc de la Tête d'or in the 6th arrondissement of Lyon, France.