HMS Resolute was a mid-19th-century barque-rigged ship of the British Royal Navy, specially outfitted for Arctic exploration. Resolute became trapped in the ice and was abandoned in 1854. Recovered by an American whaler, she was returned to Queen Victoria in 1856. Timbers from the ship were later used to construct the Resolute desk which was presented to the President of the United States and is currently located in the White House Oval Office.
Berthold Carl Seemann, was a German botanist. He travelled widely and collected and described plants from the Pacific and South America.
Eupatorieae is a tribe of over 2000 species of plants in the family Asteraceae. Most of the species are native to tropical, subtropical, and warm temperate areas of the Americas, but some are found elsewhere. Well-known members are Stevia rebaudiana, a number of medicinal plants (Eupatorium), and a variety of late summer to autumn blooming garden flowers, including Ageratum (flossflower), Conoclinium (mistflower), and Liatris.
Vice Admiral Sir Henry Kellett, was a British naval officer and explorer.
Senecio arborescens is a flowering plant in the aster family, but the available information about it is mostly conflicting and old.
Zamia chigua is a species of plant in the family Zamiaceae. It is found in Colombia and Panama. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.
Zamia pseudoparasitica is a species of plant in the family Zamiaceae. It is endemic to Panama. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests on the Atlantic side of the isthmus. It is threatened by habitat loss.
Amolinia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae, described as a genus in 1972.
Brickelliastrum is a North American genus of flowering plants in the tribe Eupatorieae within the family Asteraceae. Brickelliastrum has at times been lumped with Brickellia or Steviopsis, but chromosome number (x=10) and molecular data are in agreement in showing that it is distinct from either of these. Despite having the general appearance of Brickellia, members of Brickelliastrum have cypselae that have only 5-7 ribs, funnel-shaped corollas, and a style with an unenlarged, glabrous base.
Condylidium is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae.
Condylopodium is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae.
Critoniella is a genus of South American flowering plants in the family Asteraceae.
Gongrostylus is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae.
Hofmeisteria is a genus of Mexican flowering plants in the family Asteraceae.
Macvaughiella is a genus of Mesoamerican flowering plants in the tribe Eupatorieae within the family Asteraceae.
Polyanthina is a genus of flowering plants in the tribe Eupatorieae within the family Asteraceae.
Steviopsis is a genus of Mexican plants in the tribe Eupatorieae within the family Asteraceae.
HMS Herald was an Atholl-class 28-gun sixth-rate corvette of the Royal Navy. She was launched in 1822 as HMS Termagant, commissioned in 1824 as HMS Herald and converted to a survey ship in 1845. After serving as a chapel ship from 1861, she was sold for breaking in 1862.
Joachim Steetz was a German botanist. His herbarium, comprising more than 5000 specimens from over 160 collectors and 30 countries was purchased in 1863 by Victorian Government Botanist Ferdinand von Mueller for the sum of 80 pounds. The collection is currently housed at the National Herbarium of Victoria. The herbarium was compiled by Steetz over more than thirty years and comprises 160 collectors from more than 30 countries, including type specimens from plant collectors of the time including:
Croton pottsii is a species of plant known by the common name leatherweed. It is native to the southwestern United States and northern Mexico.
