Paul of Aegina or Paulus Aegineta was a 7th-century Byzantine Greek physician best known for writing the medical encyclopedia Medical Compendium in Seven Books. He is considered the “Father of Early Medical Writing”. For many years in the Byzantine Empire, his works contained the sum of all Western medical knowledge and was unrivaled in its accuracy and completeness.
Gmelina is a genus of plants in the family Lamiaceae. It consists of about 35 species in Australia, New Guinea, New Caledonia, Southeast Asia, India and a few in Africa. Some species such as G. arborea have been planted and/or become naturalised in India, Africa and Australia. It was named by Carl Linnaeus in honour of botanist Johann Georg Gmelin.
Lindenbergia is a genus of herbaceous plants in the order Lamiales and in the broomrape family Orobanchaceae. It is one of the few genera of the family which are not parasitic. It contains about 15 species found from northeast Africa across Asia to the Philippines, and is most abundant in India.
Hans Schinz was a Swiss explorer and botanist who was a native of Zürich.
Pteroceras is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It is native to China, the Indian Subcontinent, and Southeast Asia.
Tetraneuris acaulis is a North American species of flowering plants in the sunflower family. It is known by many common names in English including stemless four-nerve daisy, stemless hymenoxys, butte marigold, and stemless rubberweed.
Maxillaria crassifolia, synonyms including Heterotaxis sessilis, is an epiphytic orchid widespread across the West Indies, Central America, southern Mexico, Florida and northern South America. Hidden orchid is a common name.
Leptorhabdos is a monotypic genus of flowering plants, initially classified in Scrophulariaceae, and now within the broomrape family Orobanchaceae. It contains a single species, Leptorhabdos parviflora.
Aeginetia flava is a plant in the broomrape family Orobanchaceae, native to Thailand. The specific epithet flava is from the Latin meaning "yellow" or "golden yellow", referring to the flowers.
Dalzellia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Podostemaceae.
Driessenia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Melastomataceae.
Gleadovia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Orobanchaceae.
Gerardiina is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Orobanchaceae.
Escobedia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Orobanchaceae.
Silviella is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Orobanchaceae.
Seymeria is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Orobanchaceae.
Sieversandreas is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Orobanchaceae. The only species is Sieversandreas madagascarianus.
Esterhazya is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Orobanchaceae.
Ghikaea is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Orobanchaceae. The only species is Ghikaea speciosa.
Mannagettaea is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Orobanchaceae. It is a holoparasitic plant.
