Charles Knight, a doctor and a botanist in New Zealand, may have studied which grass or forage crop that also serves as the namesake for the town of his birth in England?
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Charles Knight (doctor) Charles Knight ( 1808 – 3 September 1891) was a New Zealand doctor, public servant and botanist. He was born in Rye, Sussex, England in 1808. Knight was the country's inaugural auditor-general. In New Zealand, he first lived in Auckland and when the government moved to Wellington, he also relocated to the new capital. He died at his home in Wellington and is buried at Bolton Street Memorial Park.
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Rye Rye ("Secale cereale") is a grass grown extensively as a grain, a cover crop and a forage crop. It is a member of the wheat tribe (Triticeae) and is closely related to barley (genus "Hordeum") and wheat ("Triticum"). Rye grain is used for flour, rye bread, rye beer, crisp bread, some whiskeys, some vodkas, and animal fodder. It can also be eaten whole, either as boiled rye berries or by being rolled, similar to rolled oats.
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Samuel Browne (surgeon) Samuel Browne or Brown (died 22 September 1698) was an English surgeon and botanist. He worked in the English East India Company factory at Fort St. George, Madras. Aside from his work he collected specimens of the local plants, especially grasses, along with vernacular names and made notes on their applications in medicine and other traditional use. He corresponded with several other contemporary naturalists including John Ray, Georg Joseph Kamel (of "Camellia" fame) and James Petiver.
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Charles Stuart Curtis Charles Stuart Curtis (1850–1923) was a storekeeper and local politician in Taranaki, New Zealand, and played a leading role in the development of the town of Stratford.
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George Rhodes (farmer) George Rhodes (14 July 1816 – 18 June 1864) was a New Zealand pastoralist. He was born in Epworth, Lincolnshire, England in 1816. William Barnard Rhodes, his eldest brother, was the first from his family to settle in New Zealand in 1840. George Rhodes' third son Arthur Rhodes went on to be a member of parliament and mayor of Christchurch.
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Robert Knight (industrialist) Robert Knight (8 January 1826–26 November 1912) was a New England industrialist and philanthropist, who was a partner with his brother Benjamin Knight in B. B. & R. Knight and was one of the largest textile manufacturers in the world when he died in 1912. He co-founded the large and famous brand, Fruit of the Loom, now owned by Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway.
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John Miers (botanist) John Miers, FRS FLS (25 August 1789 – 17 October 1879. Kensington), knight grand cross of the Order of the Rose, was a British botanist and engineer, best known for his work on the flora of Chile and Argentina.
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Frances Margaret Leighton Frances Margaret Leighton (8 March 1909 King William's Town – 8 January 2006 Blairgowrie, Victoria) was a South African botanist and the daughter of James Leighton (1855–1930), a Scotsman and Kew horticulturist and plant collector. He settled in South Africa in 1881, and was curator of the King William's Town Botanic Garden. He is commemorated in "Haworthia leightonii".
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Clarence, New Zealand Clarence is a small town in Canterbury, in the South Island of New Zealand. It was named after King William IV of the United Kingdom, who prior to his accession was Duke of Clarence.
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Charles Walter De Vis Charles Walter de Vis (Birmingham, England, 9 May 1829 – Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 30 April 1915), known as Devis before about 1882, was an English zoologist, ornithologist., herpetologist, and botanist.
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John Banister (naturalist) John Baptist Banister (1654 – May 1692) was an English clergyman and one of the first university-trained naturalists in North America. His primary focus was botany but he also studied insects and molluscs. He was sent out as a missionary chaplain by the garden-loving Bishop Henry Compton, with whom he soon established a correspondence. Banister was first in Barbados in the West Indies and then by April 1679 in Virginia, where, while serving a rector of the parish of Charles City he became one of Bishop Compton's most energetic plant collectors, "the first Virginia botanist of any note".
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Salvia stenophylla Salvia stenophylla (Blue Mountain sage) is a perennial shrub native to a wide area of Southern Africa: South Africa (the Cape Provinces, Lesotho, KwaZulu-Natal, the Free State and the Northern Provinces), Botswana and Namibia. It grows on grassy or stony slopes, and in open countryside or among shrubs. It has been used traditionally as a disinfectant by burning it in huts after sickness, and it is also mixed with tobacco for smoking. Its specific epithet, "stenophylla", refers to the narrow leaves.
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Macroptilium atropurpureum Macroptilium atropurpureum, commonly referred to as "purple bush-bean", or "siratro" is a perennial legume recognized by its climbing dense green vines and deep purple flowers. The plant is indigenous to the tropical and subtropical regions of North, Central and South America, as far north as Texas in the USA and as far south as Peru and Brazil, but it can be found in many tropical regions around the world. Rich in protein, "Macroptilium atropurpureum" is commonly used for cattle pastures intercropped with grass, used in hay, or as a ground cover to prevent soil erosion and to improve soil quality.
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James Hutton Kidd James Hutton Kidd (12 September 1877–24 October 1945) was a New Zealand horticulturist and community leader. He was born in Hexham, Northumberland, England on 12 September 1877.
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John Traherne Moggridge John Traherne Moggridge (8 March 1842 – 24 November 1874) was a British botanist, entomologist, and arachnologist. A Fellow of the Linnean Society of London, he was known as a keen naturalist with great observational skills, as well as his paintings and illustrations. He wrote several articles on the fertilisation of plants, and his paintings of plants of southern France appeared in "Contributions to the Flora of Mentone". His two volume study, "Harvesting Ants and Trap-door Spiders", among other observations, confirmed that harvester ants are present in Europe, and was one of the first comprehensive treatments of the burrowing behaviour of trapdoor spiders. He was a correspondent of Charles Darwin, who cited his work in his books "Fertilisation of Orchids" and "The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex".
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Charles John Ayton Charles John Ayton (24 February 1846 – 29 July 1922) was a New Zealand goldminer, rabbiter, rural labourer and diarist. He was born in Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, England, on 24 February 1846.
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Saccharum barberi Saccharum barberi is a strong-growing species of grass in the genus "Saccharum", the sugarcanes. It originates from northern India and has been exported to other countries and grown for the production of sugar. The species name commemorates C.A. Barber.
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Keyneton, South Australia The town was named after English pastoralist Joseph Keynes (related to the Keynes Family), who had settled the area in 1842 and whose descendants still live and farm in the area. It is in the Eden Valley wine region.
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Pogonarthria squarrosa Pogonarthria squarrosa, the sickle grass or cross grass, is a species of perennial grass that is native to tropical, East and southern Africa. It is a hard and unpalatable pioneer grass with very low grazing value.
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Anthosachne sacandros Anthosachne sacandros is a species of true grass in the Triticeae tribe. It is endemic to the Richmond temperate forests of the Marlborough Region, New Zealand. It is a medium-size, tufted, perennial grass that is primarily coastal, but extends inland in some locations. It grows on limestone cliffs, bluffs and river terraces, from elevations of 0–900 m. It flowers from October–February, and fruits from December–May. It is distinguished from the related "A. falcis" by its erect growth form, long, thin, ribbed and glaucous leaf blades, and the dense hairs at the leaf blade–ligule junction. It is threatened by introduced species such as the common brushtail possum, and plants such as "Lycium ferocissimum" and "Pinus contorta". Its isolated populations are also threatened by fire, floods and erosion.
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Poa affinis Poa affinis is a tussock grass, found near Sydney and the Blue Mountains in Australia. A moderately common plant found growing on soils based on sandstone. It first appeared in scientific literature in 1810, in "Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae", authored by the prolific Scottish botanist, Robert Brown. The specific epithet "affinis" means "similar to others".
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Bothriochloa macra Bothriochloa macra, commonly known as known as red-leg grass, red grass, redleg or pitted beard grass is a perennial grass species that is native to eastern Australia and New Zealand. It is naturalised in Tasmania and Norfolk Island.