Robert Brown FRSE FRS FLS MWS (21 December 1773 – 10 June 1858) was a Scottish botanist and paleobotanist who made important contributions to botany largely...
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(botanist, born 1773) (1773–1858), Scottish (Montrose) scientist, explorer, author, botanist: R.Br., after whom Brownian motion is named Robert Brown (New...
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Loropetalum chinense (category Taxa named by Robert Brown (botanist, born 1773))
Loropetalum chinense is commonly known as loropetalum, Chinese fringe flower and strap flower is a shrub or small tree in the witch-hazel family, Hamamelidaceae...
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This is a list of Australian plant species authored by Robert Brown, including naturalised species: Contents A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U...
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Triodia (plant) (category Taxa named by Robert Brown (botanist, born 1773))
Triodia is a large genus of hummock grass endemic to Australia. The species of this genus are known by the common name spinifex, although they are not...
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Cordyline (category Taxa named by Robert Brown (botanist, born 1773))
Cordyline is a genus of about 24 species of woody monocotyledonous flowering plants in family Asparagaceae, subfamily Lomandroideae. The subfamily has...
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Azolla pinnata (category Taxa named by Robert Brown (botanist, born 1773))
Azolla pinnata is a species of fern known by several common names, including mosquitofern, feathered mosquitofern and water velvet. It is native to much...
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Duboisia myoporoides (category Taxa named by Robert Brown (botanist, born 1773))
Duboisia myoporoides, or corkwood, is a shrub or tree native to high-rainfall areas on the margins of rainforest in eastern Australia. It has a thick and...
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Cryptostegia grandiflora (category Taxa named by Robert Brown (botanist, born 1773))
Cryptostegia grandiflora, commonly known as rubber vine, is a woody-perennial vine that is native to south-west Madagascar. It is also a significant weed...
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Hypoestes (category Taxa named by Robert Brown (botanist, born 1773))
Hypoestes is a flowering plant genus of about 150 species. They are widely distributed throughout the tropical and subtropical lands around the Indian...
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Aphelandra (category Taxa named by Robert Brown (botanist, born 1773))
Aphelandra is a genus of over 200 species of flowering plants in the family Acanthaceae, native to tropical regions of the Americas. They are evergreen...
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Calopogon (category Taxa named by Robert Brown (botanist, born 1773))
Calopogon, grass pink, is a genus of terrestrial orchids (family Orchidaceae). The generic name is from Greek and means "beautiful beard", referring to...
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Brownian motion (redirect from Brown movement)
theorem).[citation needed] This motion is named after the Scottish botanist Robert Brown, who first described the phenomenon in 1827, while looking through...
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Hymenosporum (category Taxa named by Robert Brown (botanist, born 1773))
1854 by the English botanist and illustrator William Jackson Hooker as Pittosporum flavum. In 1860 the German born Australian botanist Ferdinand von Mueller...
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Dischidia (category Taxa named by Robert Brown (botanist, born 1773))
Dischidia is a genus of plants in the “dog-bane” family Apocynaceae, collectively known as the “milkweeds” (true perennial milkweeds in the Apocynaceae...
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Calotropis (category Taxa named by Robert Brown (botanist, born 1773))
2010-06-26. Flora of China Vol. 16 Page 202 牛角瓜属 niu jiao gua shu Calotropis R. Brown, Mem. Wern. Nat. Hist. Soc. 1: 39. 1810 "Calotropis gigantea: Useful Weed"...
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Crinum pedunculatum (category Taxa named by Robert Brown (botanist, born 1773))
Crinum pedunculatum also known as the swamp lily, river lily or mangrove lily, is a bulbous perennial found in stream and tidal areas of the Northern Territory...
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Brownian sheet (category Robert Brown (botanist, born 1773))
In mathematics, a Brownian sheet or multiparametric Brownian motion is a multiparametric generalization of the Brownian motion to a Gaussian random field...
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Cryptolepis (plant) (category Taxa named by Robert Brown (botanist, born 1773))
Cryptolepis is a plant genus in the family Apocynaceae. It includes some 42 species. Cryptolepis africana (Bullock) Venter & R.L.Verh. Cryptolepis albicans...
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Cordyline cannifolia (category Taxa named by Robert Brown (botanist, born 1773))
Cordyline cannifolia, is one of several plants known as the Palm Lily. It is an evergreen Australian plant. This shrub can grow to 5 metres tall, although...
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Abelia (category Taxa named by Robert Brown (botanist, born 1773))
times from 1872 onwards, but these transfers were not accepted by most botanists. Molecular phylogenetic studies showed that a number of genera traditionally...
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Chlorophytum laxum (category Taxa named by Robert Brown (botanist, born 1773))
Chlorophytum laxum (Bichetii grass, Siam lily, false lily turf, wheat plant) is a flowering plant species in the genus Chlorophytum, widespread through...
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Grevillea angulata (category Taxa named by Robert Brown (botanist, born 1773))
55 in) long. Grevillea angulata was first formally described in 1830 by Robert Brown in his Supplementum primum prodromi florae Novae Hollandiae. The specific...
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Eutrema (category Taxa named by Robert Brown (botanist, born 1773))
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2022. Retrieved 3 April 2024. "Eutrema R. Brown". Flora of North America. 5 November 2020. Retrieved 28 January 2023.. Haga...
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Carex appressa (category Taxa named by Robert Brown (botanist, born 1773))
Carex appressa, the tall sedge, is a species of flowering plant in the family Cyperaceae. It is native to New Guinea, Australia, New Zealand, and generally...
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Callistemon (category Taxa named by Robert Brown (botanist, born 1773))
plant. The genus Callistemon was first formally described in 1814 by Robert Brown. In his description he noted that the genus includes “those species of...
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Curculigo ensifolia (category Taxa named by Robert Brown (botanist, born 1773))
Curculigo ensifolia is a plant species in the Hypoxidaceae, endemic to Australia. Varieties Curculigo ensifolia var. ensifolia – Queensland, New South...
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Hygrophila (plant) (category Taxa named by Robert Brown (botanist, born 1773))
Hygrophila, commonly known as swampweeds, is a genus of flowering plants in the acanthus family, Acanthaceae. There are about 80 to 100 species, of which...
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Leichhardtia (plant) (category Taxa named by Robert Brown (botanist, born 1773))
Leichhardtia is a genus of flowering plants in the dogbane family (Apocynaceae). It includes 85 species native to mainland Australia, Papuasia, New Caledonia...
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Calystegia (category Taxa named by Robert Brown (botanist, born 1773))
Br. The International Plant Name Index (IPNI)". Retrieved 25 April 2018. Brown, R. (1810) "Prodromus floræ Novæ Hollandiæ et Insulæ Van-Diemen : exhibens...
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