Carl Peter Thunberg, also known as Karl Peter von Thunberg, Carl Pehr Thunberg, or Carl Per Thunberg (11 November 1743 – 8 August 1828), was a Swedish...
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Citrus japonica (category Taxa named by Carl Peter Thunberg)
species of citrus fruit in the genus Citrus. It was first described by Carl Peter Thunberg in 1780 as Fortunella japonica. C. japonica is a native species in...
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on 1 June 1773. The story was reported by the Swedish naturalist Carl Peter Thunberg who was in South Africa as a surgeon for the Vereenigde Oostindische...
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Tinospora cordifolia (category Taxa named by Carl Peter Thunberg)
Tinospora cordifolia (common names heart-leaved moonseed, amrita, guduchi (in Sanskrit), gurbel or giloy, among others) is a herbaceous vine of the family...
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Erik Laxmann (section Carl Peter Thunberg)
Japan before he met Japanese castaways, reading books written by Carl Peter Thunberg, with whom Laxmann had some communication. In 1789, while doing research...
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Ophiopogon japonicus (category Taxa named by Carl Peter Thunberg)
Ophiopogon japonicus (dwarf lilyturf, mondograss, fountainplant, monkeygrass; Japanese: リュウノヒゲ ryu-no-hige ("dragon's beard") or ジャノヒゲ ja-no-hige ("snake's...
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Chlorophytum comosum (category Taxa named by Carl Peter Thunberg)
the Swedish naturalist Carl Peter Thunberg as Anthericum comosum in the 1794 volume of Prodromus Plantarum Capensium, Thunberg's work on the plants of...
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gracilipes to this species. The genus name Fagraea was coined by Carl Peter Thunberg in honour of the botanist and physician Jonas Theodor Fagraeus. Domin...
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areas. The genus was named for Erik Viborg by Carl Peter Thunberg. Thunberg CP (1800). "Wiborgia". In Thunberg CP (ed.). Nova Genera Plantarum. Vol. 10. p...
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Zelkova serrata (category Taxa named by Carl Peter Thunberg)
Zelkova serrata (Japanese zelkova, Japanese elm, keyaki, or keaki; Japanese: 欅 (ケヤキ) keyaki /槻 (ツキ) tsuki; Chinese: 榉树/櫸樹 jǔshù; Korean: 느티나무 neutinamu)...
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Paulownia tomentosa (category Taxa named by Carl Peter Thunberg)
original (xls) on 2015-06-26. Retrieved 2014-10-17. "Paulownia tomentosa (Thunberg) Steudel, Nomencl. Bot. 2: 278. 1841". Flora of China. Retrieved 20 June...
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Hydrangea hirta (category Taxa named by Carl Peter Thunberg)
Hydrangea hirta, also known as the nettle-leaved hydrangea, is a species of flowering plant in the family Hydrangeaceae that is native to East Asia. Due...
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as a culinary herb. The genus was originally described in 1783 by Carl Peter Thunberg when he formally described H. cordata as the only species. It remained...
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applied to members of the related genus Ruspolia). It was described by Carl Peter Thunberg in 1815. Conocephalus range from 10 to 27 mm in length, measured...
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growing to 2–8 m tall. The generic name honours the Swedish naturalist Carl Peter Thunberg (1743-1828). Its members are known by various names, including thunbergias...
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South Africa. Perhaps the most famous and successful apostle was Carl Peter Thunberg, who embarked on a nine-year expedition in 1770. He stayed in South...
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Clematis florida (category Taxa named by Carl Peter Thunberg)
Clematis florida, the Asian virginsbower, or passion flower clematis, is a species of flowering plant in the family Ranunculaceae. It is native to southern...
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Thunberg is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Carl Peter Thunberg (1743–1828), Swedish naturalist Anna Sofia Thunberg (1790–1871), Swedish...
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politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1770) 1828 – Carl Peter Thunberg, Swedish botanist and psychologist (b. 1743) 1858 – Marie-Claire...
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bayberry, is plant species in the family Podocarpaceae named by Carl Peter Thunberg. Nageia nagi is native to China, Japan, and Taiwan. It was formerly...
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the leaf hairs and seed capsule structure. Deutzia was named by Carl Peter Thunberg for his friend and patron, Johann van der Deutz, 18th century botanist...
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Gynostemma pentaphyllum (category Taxa named by Carl Peter Thunberg)
Retrieved 2 May 2018. Shukun Chen & Charles Jeffrey. "Gynostemma pentaphyllum (Thunberg) Makino, Bot. Mag. (Tokyo). 16: 179. 1902". Flora of China. Missouri Botanical...
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Apostles of Linnaeus (category Carl Linnaeus)
Åren 1772-1776 in three volumes, 1783-1818. Just like Linnaeus, Carl Peter Thunberg (1743–1828) arrived in Uppsala at the age of 18. Having completed...
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Cyperus marginatus (category Taxa named by Carl Peter Thunberg)
Cyperus marginatus is a species of sedge that is native to Angola, Namibia, Botswana, South Africa, Lesotho, and Eswatini in southern Africa, and Kenya...
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Rosa rugosa (category Taxa named by Carl Peter Thunberg)
Rosa rugosa (rugosa rose, beach rose, Japanese rose, Ramanas rose, or letchberry) is a species of rose native to eastern Asia, in northeastern China, Japan...
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collegit et exsiccavit Fridericus Ehrhart (1780-1785). In 1779, Carl Peter Thunberg (1743–1828) named a genus of grasses, Ehrharta, in Ehrhart's honor...
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thatching; the more popular thatching reed was Thamnochortus insignis. Carl Peter Thunberg also noted the use in thatching in 1793, as did English botanist...
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Lespedeza thunbergii (redirect from Thunberg's lespedeza)
specific epithet thunbergii refers to the 18th-century Swedish botanist Carl Peter Thunberg. In cultivation this plant has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's...
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Spiraea thunbergii (redirect from Thunberg's meadowsweet)
epithet thunbergii honours the Swedish botanist and plant collector Carl Peter Thunberg (1743–1828). Growing to 1.5 m (4.9 ft) tall and broad, Spiraea thunbergii...
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Phymateus (category Taxa named by Carl Peter Thunberg)
baccatus Stål, 1876 Phymateus leprosus (Fabricius, 1793) subgenus Phymateus Thunberg, 1815 Phymateus aegrotus (Gerstaecker, 1869) Phymateus bolivari Kirby,...
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