George Engelmann, also known as Georg Engelmann, (2 February 1809 – 4 February 1884) was a German-American botanist. He was instrumental in describing...
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Picea engelmannii (redirect from Engelmann spruce)
Picea engelmannii, with the common names Engelmann spruce, white spruce, mountain spruce, and silver spruce, is a species of spruce native to western...
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Cylindropuntia (category Taxa named by George Engelmann)
Cylindropuntia is a genus of cacti (family Cactaceae), containing species commonly known as chollas (/ˈtʃɔɪəz/), native to northern Mexico and the Southwestern...
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Yucca rostrata (category Taxa named by George Engelmann)
Yucca rostrata also called beaked yucca, is a tree-like plant belonging to the genus Yucca. The species is native to Texas, and the Chihuahua and Coahuila...
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Agave parryi (category Taxa named by George Engelmann)
Agave parryi, known as Parry's agave or mescal agave, is a flowering plant in the family Asparagaceae, subfamily Agavoideae. It is a slow-growing succulent...
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This George Engelmann bibliography provides an overview of works written by the 19th-century scientist George Engelmann. They appeared mostly in journals...
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Quercus muehlenbergii (category Taxa named by George Engelmann)
publishing the name Quercus mühlenbergii, German-American botanist George Engelmann mistakenly used an umlaut in spelling Muhlenberg's name, even though...
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Yucca elata (category Taxa named by George Engelmann)
Yucca elata is a perennial plant, with common names that include soaptree, soaptree yucca, soapweed, and palmella. It is native to southwestern North America...
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commemorates the pioneering American botanist George Engelmann who discovered the species in 1848. Engelmann first named the species Pinus macrophylla, but...
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Sclerocactus papyracanthus (category Taxa named by George Engelmann)
Sclerocactus papyracanthus is a species of cactus known by the common names paperspine fishhook cactus, grama grass cactus, paper-spined cactus, and toumeya...
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Yucca brevifolia (category Taxa named by George Engelmann)
formally described in the botanical literature as Yucca brevifolia by George Engelmann in 1871 as part of the Geological Exploration of the 100th meridian...
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Cochemiea barbata (category Taxa named by George Engelmann)
Sierra Madre Occidental. First described as Mammillaria barbata by George Engelmann in 1848, the specific epithet "barbata" is Latin for "bearded", referring...
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George Julius Engelmann (July 2, 1847 – November 16, 1903) was an American obstetrician and gynecologist who was a native of St. Louis. He was the son...
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Pinus edulis (category Taxa named by George Engelmann)
Montezuma quail, and various mammals. Colorado pinyon was described by George Engelmann in 1848 from collections made near Santa Fe, New Mexico on Alexander...
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Agave utahensis (category Taxa named by George Engelmann)
Agave utahensis is a species of agave known by the common name Utah agave. Varieties of the species include the Nevada agave and Kaibab agave. It is an...
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Nuphar polysepala (category Taxa named by George Engelmann)
Nuphar polysepala (the great yellow pond-lily or wokas; syn. Nuphar polysepalum orth. err., Nuphar lutea subsp. polysepala (Engelm.) E.O.Beal) is a species...
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Pinus albicaulis (category Taxa named by George Engelmann)
fire-intolerant species such as subalpine fir (Abies lasiocarpa) and Engelmann spruce (Picea engelmannii). In addition, senescent and blister rust-infected...
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Ariocarpus fissuratus (category Taxa named by George Engelmann)
County, Texas. The first description as Mammillaria fissurata was by George Engelmann in 1856. Karl Moritz Schumann placed the species in the genus Ariocarpus...
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Fabien Engelmann (1979–), French politician Franklin Engelmann (1908–1972), British radio personality, popular in the 1950s and 1960s George Engelmann (1809–1884)...
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Strombocarpa (category Taxa named by George Engelmann)
Strombocarpa is a genus of flowering plants in the pea family (Fabaceae). It includes ten species, which are native to the southwestern United States and...
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United States-Mexican border. This description allowed cactus expert George Engelmann to formally name it, during his work on the United States and Mexican...
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Opuntia setispina (category Taxa named by George Engelmann)
Opuntia setispina is a species of cactus found in the Sierra Madre Occidental in Chihuahua, Sonora, and Durango in Mexico. The name O. setispina has been...
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Mammillaria lasiacantha (category Taxa named by George Engelmann)
Mammillaria lasiacantha is a species of cactus in the subfamily Cactoideae, with the common names lacespine nipple cactus, small pincushion cactus, and...
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compass barrel cactus, and miner's compass. It was first described by George Engelmann in 1853. Ferocactus cylindraceus is usually cylindrical or spherical...
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Echinocereus (type Echinocereus viridiflorus) was described in 1848 by George Engelmann; the name is derived from the Greek ἐχῖνος (echinos; 'hedgehog' or...
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Cuscuta pentagona (category Taxa named by George Engelmann)
Contributions to Botany. 22 (1): 151–175. JSTOR 41968566. Yatskievych, George (2006). Flora of Missouri, Volume 2. Missouri Botanical Garden Press. p...
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Coryphantha (category Taxa named by George Engelmann)
even in fully adult plants. The name Coryphantha was first applied by George Engelmann in 1856 as a subgenus, the earlier name Aulacothele of Lemaire having...
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Lespedeza leptostachya (category Taxa named by George Engelmann)
Lespedeza leptostachya is a rare species of flowering plant in the legume family known by the common names prairie lespedeza and prairie bush-clover. It...
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Acanthocereus (category Taxa named by George Engelmann)
up to 4.8 millimeter.[citation needed] The name was first used by George Engelmann in 1863, although he did not describe its characters, leaving it to...
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Echinocereus polyacanthus (category Taxa named by George Engelmann)
Coneto Pass, Durango It was first described as Cereus polyacanthus by George Engelmann in 1848. The specific epithet "polyacanthus" comes from the Greek words...
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