Archives: March2010

• Mar 9, Learn How to Draw and How to Paint… Like an Artist!

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• soleildujour: La photo du coucher de soleil du 8 mars a été publiée. Elle a été prise en 2001 à Rimouski – http://www.soleildujour.com

  soleildujour: La photo du coucher de soleil du 8 mars a été publiée. Elle a été prise en 2001 à Rimouski – http://www.soleildujour.com

• Colchicum feinbruniae

  
  

  The Celebrate Research @ UBC series will continue tomorrow. At Lindsay’s suggestion when she authored this entry in January, today’s posting instead recognizes International Women’s Day. Lindsay writes:

  Thank you to cloudy of the UBC Botanical Garden Forums for submitting today’s photographs and accompanying link (original images | Botany Photo of the Day Submissions Forum).

  The epithet feinbruniae on this autumn crocus or meadow saffron pays respect to a pioneering woman in botany. Naomi Feinbrun-Dothan was a professor and researcher at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in Israel and devoted over six decades to studying the flora of Israel and adjacent countries. Feinbrun-Dothan was especially fascinated by monocots. After finishing her PhD (a monograph of the genus Bellevalia during 1938-1940), she devoted much time to the taxonomic study of genera such as Allium, Colchicum, and Crocus. Other taxa named after Feinbrun-Dothan include Astragalus feinbruniae (currently: Astragalus aleppicus), Bellevalia feinbrunae and Anacamptis ×feinbruniae.

  For more information and additional photographs, visit the Flora of Israel Online: Colchicum feinbruniae.

  Daniel adds:Colchicum has previously been featured on BPotD here: Colchicum speciosum ‘Album’, Colchicum autumnale, and Colchicum sp..