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Théorie Élémentaire de la Botanique is a book written by Swiss botanist Augustin Pyramus de Candolle, which was first published in 1813 and later re-issued in 1819 with a new edition. [1] This book contributed to the field of botany by introducing the use of the term taxonomy and a new classification system for grouping plants together.
The Société botanique de France (SBF) is a French learned society founded on 23 April 1854. [1] At its inaugural meeting it stated its purpose as "to contribute to the progress of botany and related sciences and to facilitate, by all means at its disposal, the education and the work of its members" (Article 2 of the founding statutes).
The electron microscope (second half of the 20th century) made it possible to classify life into five or six kingdoms, three of which relate to botany (fungi, plants, chromista). Adolf Engler's plant classification system outlined in Syllabus der Pflanzenfamilien (1892) was later modified by the Cronquist system (1968).
Self-incompatibility (SI) is a general name for several genetic mechanisms that prevent self-fertilization in sexually reproducing organisms, and thus encourage outcrossing and allogamy. It is contrasted with separation of sexes among individuals ( dioecy ), and their various modes of spatial ( herkogamy ) and temporal ( dichogamy ) separation.
1st Ko Si 3rd (also known as Third Is My First) is a 2014 Filipino comedy-drama film written and directed by Real Florido and produced by Anter San Agustin under Firestarters Productions. The film was an official selection to the 2014 Cinemalaya Independent Film Festival under the New Breed Category.
Japan is one of the primary users of the rhizomes, representing about 1% of all vegetables consumed. Japan grows its own lotus but still must import 18,000 tons of lotus rhizome each year, of which China provides 15,000 tons yearly. [49] Rhizomes contain high amounts of starch (31.2%) without characteristic taste or odor.
The De la Cruz-Badiano Aztec Herbal of 1552: William Gates: The Maya Society 1940: English: The Badianus Manuscript (Codex Barberini Latin 241): An Aztec Herbal of 1552: Emily Walcott Emmart: The Johns Hopkins Press 1952: Spanish: Libellus de Medicinalibus Indorum Herbis: El manuscrito pictórico mexicano-latino de Martín de la Cruz y Juan ...
"Ai Se Eu Te Pego" was the sixth best-selling single of 2012 worldwide with over 7.2 million in sales that year, placing it on the list of best-selling singles of all time. [21] The single has become the most downloaded digital track in Germany since 2006. [ 22 ]