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4. Image of Tasmania's native laurel, Anopterus glandulosus, from Labillardière's Novae Hollandiae plantarum specimen. This and most of the other plates were drawn by the expedition's artist, Piron.
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Jacques-Julien Houtou de Labillardière (1755–1834) was one of the first European botanists to visit Tasmania, arriving with the expedition of Bruny d'Entrecasteaux in 1792. He lived during a period of great upheaval and change: amidst the turmoil of post-revolutionary France and at a time when the science of Botany was undergoing a major transition...
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... One of the first botanists who collected and described Australian pteridophytes was the Frenchman Jacques-Julien Houtou de La Billardière (1755-1834; usually spelled "Labillardière"), at the turn of the 18th and 19th centuries (Labillardière, 1800(Labillardière, , 1802(Labillardière, , 1806Kantvilas, 2007). Labillardière was one of the naturalists on board the French expedition in Search of La Pérouse, which aimed to rescue a previous lost French expedition. ...
... Labillardière was one of the naturalists on board the French expedition in Search of La Pérouse, which aimed to rescue a previous lost French expedition. Labillardière set foot on the island of Tasmania and collected plants on two occasions: from 21 April to 28 May 1792, and from 21 January to 27 February 1793 (Labillardière, 1800(Labillardière, , 1802Kantvilas, 2007). He later published them in his Novae Hollandiae plantarum specimen, volumes one (Labillardière, 1804) and two (Labillardière, 1806). ...
... According to Kantvilas (2007), the expedition in Search of La Pérouse eventually arrived in Surabaya on Java on their return to France in 1793, where Labillardière was arrested by the Dutch due to the Napoleonic wars and his collections were seized. Later, the collections were taken from the Dutch by the British and sent to England. ...
We present updated type information on the Tasmanian species of ferns and lycophytes described by Labillardière in his Novae Hollandiae plantarum specimen of 1806. Among the 13 names introduced, we list a total of 80 specimens with type status (13 lectotypes and 67 isolectotypes), mainly from FI, which houses Labillardière's herbarium (and the main set of plants) in FI‐W, but also from B (including B‐W), BM, F, G, GH, K, L, LE, MEL, P (including P‐JU), PRC, RB, and WAG. Another nine specimens are cited as probable isolectotypes, since they lack confident label data. Four lectotypifications and one second‐step lectotypification are newly proposed. Some specimens previously regarded as “holotypes” are better referred to as inadvertently chosen lectotypes. We show evidence that Lindsaea lanceolata Labill. (= L. ensifolia Sw. subsp. ensifolia ), although originally described from Tasmania, was probably mislabeled, and the specimen was actually from Amboyna (= Ambon), Indonesia. We provide an Appendix with links to online images of nearly all type specimens.
... was first described by Jacques J. H. Labillardière (Labillardière 1804) on the basis of a specimen collected in Tasmania (J.J.H.Labillardiere s.n.). The site description was Nova Hollandia et terra Diemen [Tasmania], and the collection is assumed to have been made at Recherche Bay near Southport, Tasmania, in 1792 (Taylor 1989;Kantvilas 2007). ...
The Utricularia dichotoma Labill. complex is a morphologically and ecologically variable group of closely
related taxa with a mostly temperate distribution across New Zealand, New Caledonia and Australia. Taxonomic
boundaries within the complex have been the subject of speculation, with several previously recognised species being
synonymised after a nomenclatural revision. We sampled 296 populations representing all known taxa; 223 accessions
were used in the full phylogenetic analysis based on two non-coding chloroplast regions (rps16, trnD–T) and two
nuclear ribosomal spacers (external transcribed spacer, ETS; internal transcribed spacer-1, ITS-1), whereas the
remaining accessions were identified by using ITS-1 barcodes. We found strong support for a paraphyletic
U. dichotoma, with accessions matching the type material of that name grouped within a polytomy that includes
clades containing accessions of U. monanthos Hook.f and U. novae-zelandiae Hook.f. Specific statuses for five recently
described species previously included in U. dichotoma s.l. do not fall within this polytomy, nor do the two species
U. oppositiflora R.Br. and U. speciosa R.Br. resurrected from synonymy of U. dichotoma. All sampled accessions from
New Zealand form a single clade within U. dichotoma as recognised here. We here propose that seven clades recovered
here be recognised as subspecies, and describe eight new subspecies, including two new combinations.We also propose
that the monophyletic clade sister to U. beaugleholei Gassin be assigned to subspecies rank under that name.
The lectotype (FI012018 image 1) is designated for the name Lomandra longifolia Labill., the type species of the genus Lomandra Labill. (Asparagaceae: Lomandroideae). This action proved necessary as only general locality (Tasmania) and illustration cited by Labillardière in the protologue.
Maize is the second most widely grown cereal and gaining importance as a highly nutritious crop in Ethiopia. However, it is severely destroyed by storage insect pests and needs further research to minimize losses. In line with this, research was initiated to evaluate the efficacy of two botanical plant powders ( Eucalyptus globulus Labill leaf and Chenopodium ambrosioides L. whole plant) against storage insect pests of maize grains of two maize varieties (BH-661 and Limu) in polypropylene sacks storage conditions at Jimma Zone, Sokoru district. The plant powders were compared with untreated control, and completely randomized design was used in the experiment with three replications for each treatment. Germination capacity, thousand grain weights, percent of insect damage, and weight loss of the stored grains were evaluated and reported in the range of 69.67–94.33%, 318.7–339.3 g, 3.67–50%, and 0.2843–5.22%, respectively, after five months of storage for grains treated with botanicals. However, germination capacity of 10% and 65.33%, percent insect damage of 80.33% and 48%, and weight loss of 23.53% and 5.89% were observed for BH-661 and Limu varieties, respectively, after five months of storage for untreated control. The result indicated that both tested botanicals were effective in protecting the storage insect pests and maintaining the quality of the grains tested in comparison with control and Chenopodium ambrosioides L. whole plant powder is more effective. Although there was significant protective effect compared to untreated control, their effectiveness was decreased drastically after five and three months of storage for Chenopodium ambrosioides L. whole plant powder and Eucalyptus globulus Labill leaf powder, respectively. It is recommended that further research should be done to check if the increasing rate of application increases protection duration of these botanicals and the toxicity of Chenopodium ambrosioides L. should be further studied to use it as a storage insect protectant of maize grains intended for food purpose.
