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    Heinrich Gustav Adolf Engler (25 March 1844 – 10 October 1930) was a German botanist. He is notable for his work on plant taxonomy and phytogeography,...
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  • One of the prime systems of plant taxonomy, the Engler system was devised by Adolf Engler (1844–1930), and is featured in two major taxonomic texts he...
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    Alocasia wentii (category Taxa named by Adolf Engler)
    Alocasia wentii, the hardy elephant's ear, is a species of flowering plant in the family Araceae, native to the highlands of New Guinea. Occasionally kept...
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    Heinrich Wilhelm Schott later reassigned it to the genus Zamioculcas, and Adolf Engler renamed it Zamioculcas zamiifolia. The genus Zamioculcas derives its...
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    Peltoboykinia (category Taxa named by Adolf Engler)
    Peltoboykinia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Saxifragaceae. Its native range is southeastern China and Japan. Species: Peltoboykinia...
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    Aglaonema modestum (category Taxa named by Adolf Engler)
    Aglaonema modestum, called Chinese evergreen, green-for-ten-thousand-years, and lily of China, is a species of flowering plant in the genus Aglaonema,...
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    Anubias barteri var. nana was first described by Adolf Engler in 1899 as A. nana. The species was reduced to varietal status in 1979. Dwarf Anubias.[citation...
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    language, first published in many volumes between 1887–1915 and written by Adolf Engler (1844–1930) and Karl Anton Prantl (1849–1893). It contained a complete...
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    Adolf Engler (1844–1930) is a complete revision of plant families down to generic level and often even further. As such it forms part of the Engler system...
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    below). H.G. Adolf Engler. 1897. Medusagyne. page 250. In: H.G. Adolf Engler. 1897. "Guttiferae". pages 247-250. In: H.G. Adolf Engler and Karl A.E....
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    in Vienna (1945, where Schott had worked) and by war in Berlin (where Adolf Engler had described several Spathiphyllum species). George S. Bunting revised...
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  • Epipremnum falcifolium (category Taxa named by Adolf Engler)
    Epipremnum falcifolium is a flowering plant in the genus Epipremnum. It is native to Borneo. "Epipremnum falcifolium Engl. | Plants of the World Online...
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    Canarium ovatum (category Taxa named by Adolf Engler)
    Canarium ovatum, the pili (Central Bikol and Filipino: pili, /ˈpiːliː/ PEE-lee;), is a species of tropical tree belonging to the genus Canarium. It is...
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    Monstera epipremnoides (category Taxa named by Adolf Engler)
    Monstera epipremnoides is a species of flowering plant in the family Araceae, endemic to Costa Rica. A clone in cultivation was formerly thought to be...
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  • Engler is a surname of German origin. Notable people named Engler include: Adolf Engler (1844–1930), German botanist Bernd Engler (born 1954), German...
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    Monstera gracilis (category Taxa named by Adolf Engler)
    Monstera gracilis is a flowering plant in family Araceae. It is native to southern Venezuela and Northern Peru. "Monstera gracilis Engl. | Plants of the...
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    Dracaena braunii (category Taxa named by Adolf Engler)
    Dracaena braunii is a species of flowering plant in the family Asparagaceae. It was named after the German collector Braun, Johannes M. (1859–1893). Most...
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    Philodendron martianum (category Taxa named by Adolf Engler)
    Philodendron martianum, commonly known as pacová, is a species of plant in the family Araceae. It is native to southeastern Brazil. "Philodendron martianum...
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  • Monstera costaricensis (category Taxa named by Adolf Engler)
    Monstera costarisensis is a flowering plant in the genus Monstera and family Araceae. It is native to Costa Rica. "Monstera costaricensis (Engl. & K.Krause)...
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    Canarium schweinfurthii (category Taxa named by Adolf Engler)
    Canarium schweinfurthii (commonly known as the bush candle, African olive, African elemi, Empafu, or canarium), is a species of large tree native to tropical...
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    fungi, lichens, algae) The term Euthallophyta was originally used by Adolf Engler. Bryophyte Pteridophyte Stephan Endlicher (1836–1840). "Genera plantarum...
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    Conocarpus lancifolius (category Taxa named by Adolf Engler)
    Conocarpus lancifolius, one of two species in the genus Conocarpus, is a tree in the family Combretaceae native to coastal and riverine areas of Somalia...
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    Ginkgoaceae (category Taxa named by Adolf Engler)
    The Ginkgoaceae is a family of gymnosperms which appeared during the Mesozoic Era, of which the only extant representative is Ginkgo biloba, which is for...
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    Dioscoreophyllum (category Taxa named by Adolf Engler)
    Dioscoreophyllum is a genus of three species of flowering plants in the family Menispermaceae, native to Africa. The species are lianas. Dioscoreophyllum...
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    Epipremnum dahlii (category Taxa named by Adolf Engler)
    Epipremnum dahlii is a flowering plant belonging to the genus Epipremnum and family Araceae. it is native to the Bismarck archipelago. "Epipremnum dahlii...
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  • Portulacineae (category Taxa named by Adolf Engler)
    Portulacineae is a suborder of flowering plants in the order Caryophyllales comprising the families Anacampserotaceae, Basellaceae, Cactaceae (cacti),...
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    Aextoxicon (category Taxa named by Adolf Engler)
    Aextoxicon is a genus of dioecious trees native to southern Chile and Argentina. It is the only genus in the monotypic family Aextoxicaceae, and is itself...
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  • Tetrastylidium (category Taxa named by Adolf Engler)
    Tetrastylidium is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Olacaceae. Its native range is Southern America. Species: Tetrastylidium grandifolium...
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  • Odyendea (category Taxa named by Adolf Engler)
    Odyendea is a genus of flowering plants in the family Simaroubaceae. It includes two species of shrubs or trees native to sub-Saharan Africa. Odyendea...
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    Texas, Hawaii, Seychelles, Borneo, and Malaysia Syngonium podophyllum Adolf Engler - Das Pflanzenreich vol. 71 (1920) Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant...
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