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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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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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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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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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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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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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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however, was introduced by the botanist William Roxburgh after he became superintendent of the garden in 1793. Roxburgh brought in plants from all over India...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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(disambiguation) John Roxburgh (disambiguation) Melissa Roxburgh (born 1992), Canadian actress Richard Roxburgh (born 1962), Australian actor William Roxburgh (1751–1815)...
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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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refer to Albizia kalkora written by David Prain, the Mimosa kalkora of William Roxburgh.[clarification needed][citation needed] Albizia julibrissin is known...
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India at Alipore, Calcutta, supporting his enthusiasm for botany. When William Roxburgh went on leave, Carey was entrusted to maintain the Botanical Garden...
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Latin specific epithet roxburghii refers to the Scottish Botanist William Roxburgh. The red cassia is a medium-sized tree, growing to 15–20 m (49–66 ft)...
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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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Ziziphus incurva (category Taxa named by William Roxburgh)
Ziziphus incurva is a medium-sized tree from the family Rhamnaceae which gives edible fruit. It is found from 900 meters to 1600 meters altitude in eastern...
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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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Curcuma angustifolia (category Taxa named by William Roxburgh)
10–11, 43, 72, 458. ISBN 9781420006322. Retrieved 7 March 2012. Roxburgh, William (1832). W. Carey (ed.). Flora Indica (2 ed.). Serampore. pp. 20, 31–32...
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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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Zanthoxylum rhetsa (category Taxa named by William Roxburgh)
28 in) wide. Indian prickly ash was first formally described in 1820 by William Roxburgh who gave it the name Fagara rhetsa in his book, Flora Indica. In 1824...
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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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Calamus erectus (category Taxa named by William Roxburgh)
Calamus erectus, also known as viagra palm and locally as tynriew, tara, and zhi li sheng teng, is a flowering shrub in the family Arecaceae. The specific...
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