Sympetally (fused petals ) is a flower characteristic that historically was used to classify a grouping of plants termed Sympetalae, but this term has been abandoned in newer molecular based classifications, although the grouping has similarity to the modern term asterids .
20-526: Sympetalae Rchb. (1828), meaning “with fused petals ”, is a descriptive botanical name used in the Eichler , Engler , and Wettstein systems for a group of flowering plants (angiosperms). In this group the flowers have a separate calyx and corolla and in which the corolla petals are fused, at least at their base, a condition known as sympetally. Prior to the phylogenic classifications of August Eichler and his successors this group corresponds to
40-433: A "stamen whorl isomerous and alternate with the corolla-lobes, or stamens fewer than the corolla lobes" that Takhtajan (1964) used to define the subclass Asteridae , and later by Cronquist (1981), and later, corresponding to the asterids in the modern Angiosperm Phylogeny Group (APG) system, based on molecular phylogenetics . Since sympetally has arisen independently many times in evolution ( homoplasy ), on its own it
60-579: A Societate Florae Germanicae curante . For distributing and exchanging plant specimens he cooperated with many botanists, e.g., Friedrich Wilhelm Noë . Director of the natural history museum in Dresden , Professor Reichenbach was faced with an annoying yet seemingly unsolvable problem of showing invertebrate marine life. Land-based flora and fauna was not an issue, for it was a relatively simple matter to exhibit mounted and stuffed creatures such as gorillas and elephants, their lifelike poses attracting and exciting
80-413: Is not useful for taxonomic classification . Heinrich Gottlieb Ludwig Reichenbach Heinrich Gottlieb Ludwig Reichenbach (8 January 1793 – 17 March 1879) was a German botanist , ornithologist and illustrator. It was he who first requested Leopold Blaschka to make a set of glass marine invertebrate models for scientific education and museum showcasing, the successful commission giving rise to
100-720: The Êcole Impériale de Médicine de Galata Serai and served as director of its botanical garden . He collected plants in the Balkans , on islands within the Gulf of Quarnero , in Asia Minor and in Mesopotamia . On a journey to Mount Olympus , he reportedly discovered gold. The plant genus Noaea (family Amaranthaceae ) sometimes said to be named in his honor, actually honors the Vicomte de Noé, who studied North African Lamiaceae. Some taxa with
120-872: The Gamopetalae of Bentham and Hooker , gamopetally being a synonym of sympetally. This was one of the three divisions of dicotyledons in their system. In Eichler's Blüthendiagramme , the class Dicotyleae was divided into two subclasses, the Sympetalae (also classified as Metachlamydeae) and the Choripetalae . Adolf Engler and Karl Prantl also listed Sympetalae as a division of the class Dicotyledoneae in their system, Die Natürlichen Pflanzenfamilien , with Sympetalae being composed of gamopetalous families having gamopetalous corollas. Alfred Rendle similarly described Sympetalae as originating from dicots , and then divided them into Pentacyclicae and Tetracyclicae in accordance with
140-523: The Dresden natural history museum director suggested. A decision which swiftly sparked the Blaschkas' highly lucrative mail-order business of selling Glass sea creatures to interested parties across the globe. Poetically, though Reichenbach did not know it, many years later his showcasing problem and manner of finding the Blaschkas would be repeated by Harvard Professor George Lincoln Goodale - Goodale getting
160-742: The Trinity Cemetery in Dresden Johannstadt. The tomb, however, was cleared after abandoning the right to use. However, the cemetery administration had not awarded the grave site, so that at the initiative of the Senckenberg Natural History Collections in Dresden, a stele was erected, which was unveiled on September 11, 2011. Friedrich Wilhelm No%C3%AB Friedrich Wilhelm Noë (1798 in Berlin – 1858 in Constantinople )
180-534: The creation of the Blaschkas' Glass sea creatures and, subsequently and indirectly, the more famous Glass Flowers . Born in Leipzig and the son of Johann Friedrich Jakob Reichenbach (the author in 1818 of the first Greek-German dictionary) Reichenbach studied medicine and natural science at the University of Leipzig in 1810 and, eight years later in 1818, he the now Professor became an instructor before, in 1820, he
200-426: The field of science and a scientific marvel in the field of art," were exactly what Prof. Reichenbach needed and, at last, provided an outlet for the wonder Leopold had felt all those years ago when observing the phosphorescent ocean life. The key fact, though, was that these glass marine models were, as would soon be acknowledged, "perfectly true to nature," and as such represented an extraordinary opportunity both for
220-593: The idea for the creation of the Glass Flowers from Harvard's own collection of Glass sea creatures. Sadly, however, the original six glass sea anemones purchased by Ludwig Reichenbach in 1863 as well as the rest of that first collection was destroyed in the Bombing of Dresden in World War II . He was later the founder of the Dresden botanical gardens and joint founder of Dresden Zoo . The museum's zoological collection
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#1733086319222240-571: The museums' visitors. Invertebrates, however, by their very nature, posed a problem. In the 19th century the only method practised for showcasing them was to take a live specimen and place it in a sealed jar of alcohol. This killed it but, more importantly, time and a lack of hard parts eventually rendered the specimen little more than a colorless floating blob of jelly, making it neither pretty nor an effective teaching tool. Prof. Reichenbach wanted something more, specifically 3D colored models of marine invertebrates that were both lifelike and able to stand
260-405: The number of flower parts in each group, four and five respectively. According to Engler and Prantl, Sympetalae includes the following orders: Diapensiales , Ericales , Primulales , Plumbaginales , Ebenales , Contortae, Tubiflorae , Plantaginales , Rubiales , Cucurbitales , and Campanulatae . Sympetalous flowers are found in many angiosperms, but it was the combination of sympetally with
280-458: The scientific community and the Blaschkas themselves. Knowing this and thrilled with his newly acquired set of glass sea creatures, Reichenbach advised Leopold to drop his current and generations long family business of glass fancy goods and the like in favor of selling glass marine invertebrates to museums, aquaria, universities, and private collectors. Advice which would prove wise and fateful both economically and scientifically, for Leopold did as
300-413: The south-central U.S. and northern Mexico was named in his honor. Reichenbach's sunbird ( Anabathmis reichenbachii ) is also named after him. This botanist is denoted by the author abbreviation Rchb. when citing a botanical name . Finally, he was also the father of Heinrich Gustav Reichenbach , equally a botanist and an eminent orchid specialist. Reichenbach died in 1879 and was interred in
320-595: The test of time. In 1863, he "saw an exhibition of highly detailed, realistic glass flowers created by a Bohemian Lampworker , Leopold Blaschka, at an exhibition hosted by Prince Camille de Rohan ;" and it was the Prince who first introduced Reichenbach to Leopold Blaschka. Enchanted by the botanical models and positive that Leopold held the key to ending his own showcasing issue, in 1863 Reichenbach convinced and commissioned Leopold to produce twelve model sea anemones . These marine models, hailed as "an artistic marvel in
340-475: Was a German-born, Austrian pharmacist and botanist . Prior to 1844, he worked as a pharmacist in Fiume and contributed to the knowledge of its flora by distributing an exsiccata -like specimen series called Plantae Istrianae exsiccatae . At that time he was in close scientific contact with well-known botanists like Ludwig Reichenbach . Afterwards he moved to Constantinople, where he taught classes in botany at
360-495: Was almost completely destroyed by the fire in the Zwinger palace during the constitutional crisis of 1849, but Reichenbach was able to replace it within only a few years. This collection is the basis of that seen in the museum today. Reichenbach was a prolific author and able botanical artist. His works included Iconographia Botanica seu Plantae criticae (1823–32, 10 vols.) and Handbuch der speciellen Ornithologie (1851–54). He
380-864: Was appointed the director of the Dresden natural history museum and a professor at the Surgical-Medical Academy in Dresden, where he remained for many years. Together with Carl Friedrich Heinrich Schubert he started in 1822 to edit and distribute his first exsiccata work Lichenes exsiccati collecti atque descripti auctoribus L. Reichenbach et C. Schubert. Die Flechten in getrockneten Exemplaren, gesammelt und beschrieben von L. Reichenbach und C. Schubert . Later on he published several other exsiccatae, an example being Flora Germanica exsiccata sive Herbarium normale plantarum selectarum criticarumve, in Germania propria vel in adjacente Borussia, Austria et Hungaria, Tyroli, Helvetia Belgiaque nascentim, concinnatum editumque
400-407: Was honoured by having several plants and animals named after him including Iris reichenbachii Heuff., Viola reichenbachiana Jord. ex Bor. (syn. V. sylvatica (Hartm.) Fr. ex Hartm. and V. sylvestris Lam. p.p.) (the slender wood violet). Dr. Reichenbach oversaw a world-famous botanical garden in Dresden with a great collection of cacti, and Echinocactus reichenbachii a beautiful cactus of
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