William Roxburgh FRSE FRCPE FLS (3/29 June 1751 – 18 February 1815) was a Scottish surgeon and botanist who worked extensively in India, describing species...
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After graduating from high school, Roxburgh began pursuing acting in Vancouver. Roxburgh is an alumna of the William Esper Studio. She landed her first...
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Roxburgh (/ˈrɒksbərə/) is a civil parish and formerly a royal burgh, in the historic county of Roxburghshire in the Scottish Borders, Scotland. It was...
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Richard Roxburgh (born 23 January 1962) is an Australian actor and filmmaker. He is the recipient of a number of accolades across film, television, and...
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Pandanus amaryllifolius (category Taxa named by William Roxburgh)
Pandanus amaryllifolius is a tropical plant in the Pandanus (screwpine) genus, which is commonly known as pandan (/ˈpændən/; Malay: [ˈpandan]). It has...
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Calcutta Garden were: William Roxburgh: Made important changes as the garden's leader Nathaniel Wallich: Took over after Roxburgh William Griffith: A well-known...
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Gmelina arborea (category Taxa named by William Roxburgh)
Gmelina arborea, (in English beechwood, gmelina, goomar teak, Kashmir tree, Malay beechwood, white teak, yamane ), locally known as gamhar, is a fast-growing...
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Its first occurrence, within the Hooghly River, was documented by William Roxburgh. The Ganges river dolphin has a rectangular, ridgelike dorsal fin and...
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(disambiguation) John Roxburgh (disambiguation) Melissa Roxburgh (born 1992), Canadian actress Richard Roxburgh (born 1962), Australian actor William Roxburgh (1751–1815)...
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a species of pine tree native to the Himalayas. It was named after William Roxburgh. Pinus roxburghii is a large tree reaching 30–50 metres (98–164 feet)...
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170,000 ha (420,000 acres), mostly in Guizhou. It was dedicated to William Roxburgh, a Scottish physician and botanist who was director of the Calcutta...
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India and Bangladesh. It was first discovered by Scottish botanist William Roxburgh. It has been listed extinct in the wild in the IUCN Red List. The species...
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Myrobalanus bellirica Gaertn. (Fruct. Sem. Pl. 2: 90, t. 97. 1791). William Roxburgh transferred M. bellirica to Terminalia as "T. bellerica (Gaertn.) Roxb...
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Christianity portal James William Roxburgh (5 July 1921 – 10 December 2007) was an Anglican bishop. He was the sixth Bishop of Barking (but first area...
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Momordica dioica (category Taxa named by William Roxburgh)
Momordica dioica, commonly known as spiny gourd or spine gourd or teasle gourd and also known as bristly balsam pear, is a species of flowering plant in...
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Diospyros melanoxylon (category Taxa named by William Roxburgh)
Diospyros melanoxylon, the Coromandel ebony or East Indian ebony, is a species of flowering tree in the family Ebenaceae native to India and Sri Lanka;...
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Curcuma caesia (category Taxa named by William Roxburgh)
Curcuma caesia, black turmeric or black zedoary, is a perennial herb with bluish-black rhizomes that is native to northeast India. The cultivation and...
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Phytolacca acinosa (category Taxa named by William Roxburgh)
widely introduced to Europe. The species was originally described by William Roxburgh in 1814. When the species was originally described it was considered...
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Chlorophytum tuberosum (category Taxa named by William Roxburgh)
Chlorophytum tuberosum is a species of flowering plant in the Asparagaceae family. It is one of several species known by the common name musli. It is native...
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Curcuma comosa (category Taxa named by William Roxburgh)
Curcuma comosa is a species of flowering plant in the ginger family. It is native to much of Asia, including Thailand, Indonesia, and Malaysia. The herb...
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Ficus auriculata (redirect from Roxburgh fig)
Ficus auriculata (the Roxburgh fig, Elephant ear tree) is a type of fig tree, native to subtropical and tropical mainland Asia. It is noted for its big...
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Adina cordifolia (category Taxa named by William Roxburgh)
Adina cordifolia, synonym Haldina cordifolia, is a flowering plant in the family Rubiaceae. It is native to southern Asia, from India east to China and...
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Curcuma amada (category Taxa named by William Roxburgh)
Order: Zingiberales Family: Zingiberaceae Genus: Curcuma Species: C. amada Binomial name Curcuma amada Roxburgh Synonyms Curcuma mangga Valeton & van Zijp...
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Roxburgh Castle is a ruined royal castle that overlooks the junction of the rivers Tweed and Teviot, in the Borders region of Scotland. The town and castle...
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Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in January 1817. He succeeded William Roxburgh to become the superintendent of the Calcutta botanical garden in 1814...
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Roxburghshire (redirect from Roxburgh-shire)
Roxburghshire or the County of Roxburgh (Scottish Gaelic: Siorrachd Rosbroig) is a historic county and registration county in the Southern Uplands of Scotland...
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Sterculia guttata (category Taxa named by William Roxburgh)
Sterculia guttata, the spotted sterculia, is a species of plant in the family Malvaceae. It is native to India, Bangladesh, the Andaman and Nicobar Islands...
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Hardwickia (category Taxa named by William Roxburgh)
25-30 meters. This plant genus was named after Thomas Hardwicke by William Roxburgh. Hardwickia binata is a moderate-sized to large tree with drooping...
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Artocarpus lanceifolius (category Taxa named by William Roxburgh)
Artocarpus lanceifolius, also known as keledang in Malay and more locally as timakon or kaliput, is a species of flowering plant, a fruit tree in the fig...
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Stixis suaveolens (category Taxa named by William Roxburgh)
Stixis suaveolens is a species of liana in the family Resedaceae; no subspecies are listed in the Catalogue of Life. It is found in India, southern China...
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