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    George Bentham CMG FRS FLS (22 September 1800 – 10 September 1884) was an English botanist, described by the weed botanist Duane Isely as "the premier...
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    name Bentham's cornel derives from the alternative label Benthamia fragifera, coined by John Lindley in honour of fellow botanist George Bentham. Ye,...
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    of philosopher Jeremy Bentham, with whom he had a close bond. Samuel Bentham was one of two surviving children of Jeremiah Bentham. His father was an attorney...
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  • Percy George Bentham (1883–1936) was a British sculptor whose works include portrait busts, statues and several war memorials. He was a member of the Royal...
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    George Bentham (9 December 1843 – 25 March 1911) was an English tenor best remembered today for creating the role of Alexis in the Gilbert and Sullivan...
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    kewensibus servata definita in three volumes between 1862 and 1883. George Bentham (1800–1884) and Joseph Dalton Hooker (1817–1911) were British botanists...
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    Jeremy Bentham (/ˈbɛnθəm/; 4 February 1747/8 O.S. [15 February 1748 N.S.] – 6 June 1832) was an English philosopher, jurist, and social reformer regarded...
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  • and suffragette George Bentham (1800–1884), English botanist George Bentham (1843–1911), British operatic tenor George Jackson Bentham (1863–1929), British...
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    Eucalyptus cinerea (category Taxa named by George Bentham)
    beyond. Eucalyptus cinerea was first formally described by the botanist George Bentham in 1867 from the herbarium of Ferdinand von Mueller, and the description...
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  • Calliandra harrisii (category Taxa named by George Bentham)
    Calliandra harrisii is a species of flowering plants of the genus Calliandra in the family Fabaceae. The Plant List: A Working List of All Plant Species...
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  • Asteraceae, native to Western Australia. It was first described by George Bentham in 1837. "Ixiolaena viscosa Benth.", Plants of the World Online, Royal...
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    Calliandra surinamensis (category Taxa named by George Bentham)
    Calliandra surinamensis is a low branching evergreen tropical shrub that is named after Suriname, a country in northern South America. The plant usually...
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  • Acacia acuminata subsp. acuminata (category Taxa named by George Bentham)
    Acacia acuminata subsp. acuminata is a perennial shrub or tree. Common names for it include jam and raspberry jam. It is native to Western Australia. This...
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    Calliandra brevipes (category Taxa named by George Bentham)
    Calliandra brevipes, the pink powderpuff, is an attractive shrub with finely divided leaves and clusters of red powder-puff flowers. It is native to southeastern...
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    speciation, adaptive radiation, and diversity of this large genus. George Bentham was first to give a full monographic account of the genus in 1832–1836...
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    Calliandra dysantha (category Taxa named by George Bentham)
    Calliandra dysantha is a species of flowering plants of the genus Calliandra in the family Fabaceae. Is native to Brazil. The Plant List: A Working List...
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    Calliandra (category Taxa named by George Bentham)
    Calliandra is a genus of flowering plants in the pea family, Fabaceae, in the mimosoid clade of the subfamily Caesalpinioideae. It contains about 140 species...
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    Dryandra). It was first published by George Bentham in 1870, and was given a new circumscription by Alex George in 1996, but was ultimately discarded...
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    Prodromus of Augustin Pyramus de Candolle and the Genera Plantarum of George Bentham and Joseph Dalton Hooker this word ordo was used for what now is given...
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    Calliandra chilensis (category Taxa named by George Bentham)
    Calliandra chilensis is a species of flowering plants of the genus Calliandra in the family Fabaceae. The Plant List: A Working List of All Plant Species...
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    species is Nicotiana suaveolens var. cordifolia, a description given by George Bentham in Flora Australiensis in 1868. This was transferred to Nicotiana benthamiana...
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  • Mary Sophia Bentham (c. 1765 – 1858) was a British botanist and author. Bentham was daughter of chemist George Fordyce (1736–1802), wife of mechanical...
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    Calliandra tweediei (category Taxa named by George Bentham)
    Calliandra tweediei is a species of flowering plants of the genus Calliandra in the family Fabaceae. The plant is native to the Atlantic Forest ecoregion...
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    Brazil, Uruguay, and Argentina. It was described and named by botanist George Bentham for its typical habitat "of swamps and marshes", or uliginosa. Salvia...
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    Acacia acuminata (category Taxa named by George Bentham)
    by George Bentham in Hooker's London Journal of Botany from specimens collected near the Swan River Colony by James Drummond and at King Georges Sound]...
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    be monophyletic. The genus was first formally described in 1837 by George Bentham and the description was published in Enumeratio plantarum quas in Novae...
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    Meissner in 1856, but was discarded by George Bentham in 1870. It was reinstated with a new circumscription by Alex George in 1996, but was ultimately discarded...
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    Fagraea berteroana (category Taxa named by George Bentham)
    Fagraea berteroana (orth. variant F. berteriana), commonly known as the pua keni keni, pua kenikeni or perfume flower tree, is a small spreading tree or...
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    Samanea (category Taxa named by George Bentham)
    Samanea is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It includes four species of trees native to the tropical Americas, ranging from Belize to...
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    pods. Explorer Thomas Mitchell collected the type specimen, from which George Bentham wrote the species description in 1842. The species is native to southeastern...
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