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Cronquist System: Encyclopedia - Cronquist System
The Cronquist system is a scheme for the classification of flowering plants (or angiosperms). This system was developed by Arthur Cronqui...
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Acanthus Genus: Encyclopedia - Acanthus Genus
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Acanthus is both a common name and a genus of flowering plant in the Family Acanthaceae. In Europe an Acanthus is a plant (also ...
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Carl Peter Thunberg: Encyclopedia Ii - Carl Peter Thunberg - Early Life
Thunberg was born at Jönköping, and became a pupil of Carolus Linnaeus at Uppsala University. There he studied natural philosophy and m...
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Carl Peter Thunberg: Encyclopedia Ii - Carl Peter Thunberg - Return To Sweden
In February 1778, Thunberg left Ceylon for Amsterdam, passing by at the Cape and staying there for two weeks. He finally arrived at Amste...
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Carl Peter Thunberg: Encyclopedia Ii - Carl Peter Thunberg - Japan
In August 1775 he arrived at the Dutch factory of the V.O.C. (Verenigde Oost-Indische Compagnie) at Dejima, a small artificial island (12...
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