George Bentham CMG FRS FLS (22 September 1800 – 10 September 1884) was an English botanist, described by the weed botanist Duane Isely as "the premier...
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Cornus capitata (redirect from Bentham's cornel)
name Bentham's cornel derives from the alternative label Benthamia fragifera, coined by John Lindley in honour of fellow botanist George Bentham. Ye,...
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Bentham and Hooker's Genera plantarum ad exemplaria imprimis in herbariis kewensibus servata definita in three volumes between 1862 and 1883. George Bentham...
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Percy George Bentham (1883–1936) was a British sculptor whose works include portrait busts, statues and several war memorials. He was a member of the Royal...
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of philosopher Jeremy Bentham, with whom he had a close bond. Samuel Bentham was one of two surviving children of Jeremiah Bentham. His father was an attorney...
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and suffragette George Bentham (1800–1884), English botanist George Bentham (1843–1911), British operatic tenor George Jackson Bentham (1863–1929), British...
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Jeremy Bentham (/ˈbɛnθəm/; 4 February 1747/8 O.S. [15 February 1748 N.S.] – 6 June 1832) was an English philosopher, jurist, and social reformer regarded...
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George Bentham (9 December 1843 – 25 March 1911) was an English tenor best remembered today for creating the role of Alexis in the Gilbert and Sullivan...
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Calliandra harrisii (category Taxa named by George Bentham)
Calliandra harrisii is a species of flowering plants of the genus Calliandra in the family Fabaceae. The Plant List: A Working List of All Plant Species...
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Acacia acuminata subsp. acuminata (category Taxa named by George Bentham)
Acacia acuminata subsp. acuminata is a perennial shrub or tree. Common names for it include jam and raspberry jam. It is native to Western Australia. This...
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Eucalyptus cinerea (category Taxa named by George Bentham)
beyond. Eucalyptus cinerea was first formally described by the botanist George Bentham in 1867 from the herbarium of Ferdinand von Mueller, and the description...
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Acacia acuminata (category Taxa named by George Bentham)
by George Bentham in Hooker's London Journal of Botany from specimens collected near the Swan River Colony by James Drummond and at King Georges Sound]...
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Calliandra brevipes (category Taxa named by George Bentham)
Calliandra brevipes, the pink powderpuff, is an attractive shrub with finely divided leaves and clusters of red powder-puff flowers. It is native to southeastern...
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Angelonia angustifolia (category Taxa named by George Bentham)
Angelonia angustifolia, the summer snapdragon, is a species of perennial plant in the family Plantaginaceae. Angelonia angustifolia has flowers that are...
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be monophyletic. The genus was first formally described in 1837 by George Bentham and the description was published in Enumeratio plantarum quas in Novae...
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Calliandra tweediei (category Taxa named by George Bentham)
Calliandra tweediei is a species of flowering plants of the genus Calliandra in the family Fabaceae. The plant is native to the Atlantic Forest ecoregion...
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Calliandra (category Taxa named by George Bentham)
Calliandra is a genus of flowering plants in the pea family, Fabaceae, in the mimosoid clade of the subfamily Caesalpinioideae. It contains about 140 species...
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species is Nicotiana suaveolens var. cordifolia, a description given by George Bentham in Flora Australiensis in 1868. This was transferred to Nicotiana benthamiana...
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Mary Sophia Bentham (c. 1765 – 1858) was a British botanist and author. Bentham was a daughter of chemist George Fordyce (1736–1802), wife of mechanical...
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Calliandra surinamensis (category Taxa named by George Bentham)
Calliandra surinamensis is a low branching evergreen tropical shrub that is named after Suriname, a country in northern South America. The plant usually...
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Calliandra dysantha (category Taxa named by George Bentham)
Calliandra dysantha is a species of flowering plants of the genus Calliandra in the family Fabaceae. Is native to Brazil. The Plant List: A Working List...
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Citrus hindsii (category Taxa named by George Bentham)
Citrus hindsii, the Hong Kong kumquat, is a species of kumquat; a type of citrus fruit in the genus Citrus, family Rutaceae. This specific name is first...
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Scaevola macrophylla (category Taxa named by George Bentham)
formally described in 1854 by Willem Hendrik de Vriese and in 1868 George Bentham in the fourth volume of Flora Australiensis assigned it to the genus...
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Dryandra ser. Ilicinae (section According to Bentham)
Meissner in 1856, but was discarded by George Bentham in 1870. It was reinstated with a new circumscription by Alex George in 1996, but was ultimately discarded...
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Brazil, Uruguay, and Argentina. It was described and named by botanist George Bentham for its typical habitat "of swamps and marshes", or uliginosa. Salvia...
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genus Melaleuca in 1767 and in 1867, George Bentham brought all the Metrosideros species into Melaleuca. Bentham described melaleucas as having stamens...
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Prodromus of Augustin Pyramus de Candolle and the Genera Plantarum of George Bentham and Joseph Dalton Hooker this word ordo was used for what now is given...
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Dryandra ser. Armatae (section According to Bentham)
Dryandra). It was first published by George Bentham in 1870, and was given a new circumscription by Alex George in 1996, but was ultimately discarded...
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Hardenbergia (category Taxa named by George Bentham)
"Hardenbergia". APNI. Retrieved 19 October 2021. Bentham, George (1837). Stefan F.L. Endlicher; Eduard Fenzl; George Bentham; Heinrich W. Schott (eds.). Enumeratio...
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speciation, adaptive radiation, and diversity of this large genus. George Bentham was first to give a full monographic account of the genus in 1832–1836...
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