Carl Daniel Friedrich Meissner (1 November 1800 – 2 May 1874) was a Swiss botanist. Born in Bern, Switzerland on 1 November 1800, he was christened Meisner...
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German writer Boris Meissner (1915–2003), German lawyer and social scientist Bruno Meissner (1868–1947), German assyriologist Carl Meissner (1800–1874), Swiss...
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Tradescantieae are a tribe of plants in the family Commelinaceae erected by Carl Meissner in 1842. Many genera originate from the Americas, but those in subtribes...
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Polygonum cognatum (category Taxa named by Carl Meissner)
Polygonum cognatum, commonly called Indian knotgrass or madimak (from Turkish madımak), is an edible weedy creeping perennial herb in the genus Polygonum...
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Carl Meissner's taxonomic arrangement of Dryandra, now Banksia ser. Dryandra, was published in 1856 as part of his chapter on the Proteaceae in A. P....
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Stirlingia abrotanoides (category Taxa named by Carl Meissner)
Stirlingia abrotanoides is a herb or shrub of the genus Stirlingia endemic to the Wheatbelt region of Western Australia. "Stirlingia abrotanoides". FloraBase...
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Hypocalymma cordifolium (category Taxa named by Carl Meissner)
Hypocalymma cordifolium is a species of flowering plant in the myrtle family Myrtaceae, and is endemic to the south west of Western Australia. It is usually...
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Lophostoma (plant) (category Taxa named by Carl Meissner)
Lophostoma is a genus of flowering plants in the family Thymelaeaceae. It includes four species native to tropical northern South America, ranging from...
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Protea afra (category Taxa named by Carl Meissner)
Protea afra (sometimes called the common protea), native to South Africa, is a small tree or shrub which occurs in open or wooded grassland, usually on...
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honoured in the naming of two forms of plant taxa; In 1838, botanist Carl Meissner published Miquelia, which is a genus in the flowering plants in the...
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Gaylussacia cinerea (category Taxa named by Carl Meissner)
Gaylussacia cinerea is a species of flowering plant in the family Ericaceae. It is native to southeastern Brazil. "Gaylussacia cinerea". Plants of the...
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Acacia ulicina (category Taxa named by Carl Meissner)
Acacia ulicina is a species of shrub in the family Fabaceae that is endemic to western Australia. The rigid spreading prickly shrub typically grows to...
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Pimelea bracteata (category Taxa named by Carl Meissner)
Pimelea bracteata, is a species of flowering plant in the family Thymelaeaceae and is endemic to the south-west of New South Wales. It is a shrub with...
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Muehlenbeckia (category Taxa named by Carl Meissner)
partly enclosed by the persistent tepals. The genus was erected by Carl Meissner in 1841, initially for two species that he distinguished from Coccoloba...
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Hakea myrtoides (category Taxa named by Carl Meissner)
Hakea myrtoides, commonly known as myrtle hakea, is a shrub endemic to the woodlands of the Darling Range near Perth in Western Australia. Hakea myrtoides...
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Acacia ligustrina (category Taxa named by Carl Meissner)
Acacia ligustrina is a shrub or tree belonging to the genus Acacia and the subgenus Phyllodineae that is endemic to south western Australia. The spreading...
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Bouea (category Taxa named by Carl Meissner)
Bouea is an Asian genus of fruiting trees in the family Anacardiaceae. Species can be found in southern China, Indo-China and Malesia. Plants of the World...
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Acacia cochlocarpa (category Taxa named by Carl Meissner)
Acacia cochlocarpa is a shrub belonging to the genus Acacia and the subgenus Juliflorae. It is native to Western Australia. The sprawling shrub typically...
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Acacia heteroclita (category Taxa named by Carl Meissner)
Acacia heteroclita is a shrub or tree of the genus Acacia and the subgenus Plurinerves that is endemic to south western Australia. The erect spreading...
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Banksia ser. Salicinae (category Taxa named by Carl Meissner)
published by Carl Meissner in 1856, the name has had three circumscriptions. B. ser. Salicinae was first published in 1856, in Carl Meissner's chapter on...
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Tephrosia glomeruliflora (category Taxa named by Carl Meissner)
Tephrosia glomeruliflora, or pink tephrosia, is a perennial (non-climbing) herb in the family Fabaceae, endemic to South Africa (native to Zimbabwe, South...
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Carl Meissner's taxonomic arrangement of Banksia was published in 1856, as part of his chapter on the Proteaceae in A. P. de Candolle's Prodromus systematis...
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Acacia laricina (category Taxa named by Carl Meissner)
Acacia laricina is a shrub belonging to the genus Acacia and the subgenus Phyllodineae that is endemic to south western Australia. The shrub typically...
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Gaylussacia pulchra (category Taxa named by Carl Meissner)
Gaylussacia pulchra is a plant species in the family Ericaceae. It is native to the States of Bahia and Minas Gerais in eastern Brazil. Gaylussacia pulchra...
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Ovidia (category Taxa named by Carl Meissner)
Ovidia Meisn. is a genus of plants in the family Thymelaeaceae native to Bolivia and southern South America. (Ovidia Raf. is a synonym for Commelina.)...
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Strangea cynanchicarpa (category Taxa named by Carl Meissner)
Strangea cynanchicarpa is a shrub of the family Proteaceae native to Western Australia. "Strangea cynanchicarpa (Meisn.) F.Muell". Flora of Australia Online...
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Litsea reticulata (category Taxa named by Carl Meissner)
Litsea reticulata is a common Australian tree, growing from near Milton, New South Wales to the Bunya Mountains, Queensland. Common names include bollygum...
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Hakea gilbertii (category Taxa named by Carl Meissner)
Hakea gilbertii is a shrub in the family Proteaceae and is endemic to an area in the Wheatbelt region of Western Australia. It is an upright, prickly shrub...
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Pileanthus filifolius (category Taxa named by Carl Meissner)
Pileanthus filifolius, commonly known as summer coppercups, is a plant species of the family Myrtaceae endemic to Western Australia. The loose and erect...
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Serruria brownii (category Taxa named by Carl Meissner)
Serruria brownii, the bottlebrush spiderhead, is a flower-bearing shrub that belongs to the family Proteaceae and forms part of the fynbos. The plant is...
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