Robert Sweet

British botanist (1783-1835).

Robert Sweet (1783–20 January 1835) was an English botanist, horticulturist and ornithologist.

Abbreviations: Sweet
Occupations: ornithologist, horticulturist, botanist
Citizenships: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Dates: 1783-01-01T00:00:00Z – 1835-01-20T00:00:00Z
Birth place: Torquay
Direct attributions: 320 plants, 0 fungi
Authorship mentions: 384 plants, 0 fungi

320 plants attributed, 64 plants contributed to384 plants:

Lablab purpureus (Hyacinthbean) (L.) Sweet 1826
annual, perennial, medicinal, and vegetable plant species in the fabaceae family
Lablab purpureus is a species of bean in the family Fabaceae. It is native to sub-Saharan Africa and it is cultivated throughout the tropics for food. English language common names include hyacinth bean, lablab-bean bonavist bean/pea, dolichos bean, seim or sem bean, lablab bean, Egyptian kidney bean, Indian bean, bataw and Australian pea. Lablab is a monotypic genus.
Abutilon indicum (India Abutilon) (L.) Sweet 1826
annual and medicinal plant species in the malvaceae family
Abutilon indicum (Indian abutilon, Indian mallow) is a small shrub in the family Malvaceae, native to tropical and subtropical regions. This plant is a valuable medicinal and ornamental plant, its roots and leaves being used for curing fevers. It has been widely introduced outside of its native range, and is considered invasive on certain tropical islands.
Rhododendron luteum (Yellow Azalea) Sweet 1830
plant species in the ericaceae family
Rhododendron luteum, the yellow azalea or honeysuckle azalea, is a species of flowering plant in the heath family Ericaceae, native to southeastern Europe and southwest Asia. In Europe, it occurs from southern Poland and Austria, south through the Balkans, and east to southern Russia; and in Asia, east to the Caucasus. It is a shrub growing 3–4 m (9.8–13.1 ft). The leaves are deciduous, 5–10 cm long and 2–4 cm broad. The flowers are 3–4 cm in diameter, bright yellow, and strongly perfumed, produced in trusses of 5–25 together. The fruit is a dry capsule 15–25 mm long, containing numerous
Ipomoea cairica (Mile-a-minute Vine) (L.) Sweet 1826
edible and medicinal plant species in the convolvulaceae family
Ipomoea cairica is a vining, herbaceous, perennial plant with palmate leaves and large, showy white to lavender flowers. A species of morning glory, it has many common names, including mile-a-minute vine, Messina creeper, Cairo morning glory, coast morning glory and railroad creeper. The species name cairica translates to "from Cairo", the city where this species was first collected.
Lupinus mutabilis (Tarwi) Sweet 1826
annual and perennial plant species in the fabaceae family
Lupinus mutabilis is a species of lupin grown in the Andes, mainly for its edible bean. Vernacular names include tarwi (in Quechua II, pronounced tarhui), chocho, altramuz, Andean lupin, South American lupin, Peruvian field lupin, and pearl lupin. Its nutrient-rich seeds are high in protein, as well as a good source for cooking oil. However, their bitter taste has made L. mutabilis relatively unknown outside the Andes, though modern technology makes removing the bitter alkaloids easier. Like other species of lupin beans, it is expanding in use as a plant-based protein source.
Brugmansia arborea (Maikoa) (L.) Sweet 1818
extinct in the wild and medicinal plant species in the solanaceae family
Brugmansia arborea, the angel's trumpet, is a species of flowering plant in the family Solanaceae. The IUCN has classed Brugmansia arborea as extinct in the wild.
Coreopsis grandiflora (Large-flower Tickseed) Hogg ex Sweet 1826
perennial plant species in the asteraceae family
Coreopsis grandiflora is a North American species of perennial plant in the family Asteraceae. The common name is large-flowered tickseed. It is found in eastern Canada (Quebec, Ontario, New Brunswick) and much of the United States, especially the south-central part of the country (Oklahoma, Arkansas, etc.). The species is widely cultivated in China and naturalized there. Coreopsis grandiflora is a perennial herb sometimes greater than 60 cm (2 feet) tall. It produces yellow ray and disc flowers. Its native habitats include prairies, glades, open woods, thickets, roadsides and open ground.
Podocarpus macrophyllus (Buddhist Pine) (Thunb.) Sweet 1818
medicinal plant species in the podocarpaceae family
Podocarpus macrophyllus is a conifer in the genus Podocarpus, family Podocarpaceae. It is the northernmost species of the genus, native to southern Japan and southern and eastern China. Common names in English include yew plum pine, Buddhist pine, fern pine and Japanese yew. Kusamaki (クサマキ) and inumaki (犬槇) are Japanese names for this tree. In China, it is known as luóhàn sōng (羅漢松), which literally means "arhat pine".
Gagea villosa (Hairy Star Of Bethlehem) (M.Bieb.) Sweet 1826
plant species in the liliaceae family
Gagea villosa, common name hairy star of Bethlehem, is a Eurasian and North African plant species in the lily family. Gagea villosa is found in Europe, North Africa and Western Asia. Its range extends from Spain and Morocco east to Russia and Iran, and as far north as Sweden. It was first described to science by Bieberstein in 1808.
Carduoideae (Thistles) Cass. ex Sweet 1826
plant subfamily in the asteraceae family
Carduoideae is the thistle subfamily of the Asteraceae, or sunflower family, of flowering plants. It comprises a number of tribes in various circumscriptions of the family, in addition to the Cardueae. Takhtajan, according to Reveal, includes 11 tribes in addition to the Cardueae: the Arctotideae, the Barnadesieae, the Carlineae, the Cichorieae, the Echinopseae, the Eremothamneae, the Gundelieae, the Liabeae, the Mutisieae, and the Vernonieae. Of these 12, Thorne agrees with seven in his eight-tribe taxonomy of the Carduoideae, placing the tribes Cardueae (Cynareae), plus Arctotideae,
Carya glabra (Hognut Hickory) (Mill.) Sweet 1826
plant species in the juglandaceae family
Carya glabra, the pignut hickory, is a common, but not abundant species of hickory in the oak-hickory forest association in the Eastern United States and Canada. Other common names are pignut, sweet pignut, coast pignut hickory, smoothbark hickory, swamp hickory, and broom hickory. The pear-shaped nut ripens in September and October, has a sweet maple like smell, and is an important part of the diet of many wild animals. The wood is used for a variety of products, including fuel for home heating. It has pinnately compound leaves that turn a golden yellow in the fall.
Brugmansia suaveolens (Angel's-tears) (Willd.) Sweet 1818
extinct in the wild, medicinal, and psychoactive plant species in the solanaceae family
Brugmansia suaveolens, Brazil's white angel trumpet, also known as angel's tears and snowy angel's trumpet, is a species of flowering plant in the nightshade family Solanaceae, native to south eastern Brazil, but thought to be extinct in the wild. Like several other species of Brugmansia, it exists as an introduced species in areas outside its native range. It is a tender shrub or small tree with large semi-evergreen leaves and fragrant yellow or white trumpet-shaped flowers.
Agonis (Willow Myrtles) (DC.) Sweet 1830
plant genus in the myrtaceae family
Agonis is a genus of flowering plants in the plant family Myrtaceae. All are endemic to Western Australia, growing near the coast in the south west. Plants in the genus Agonis are shrubs or trees with bisexual flowers arranged in heads in leaf axils with 5 sepals and usually 5 white petals, each with 15 to 30 stamens arranged opposite the sepals, and the fruit a woody capsule.
Heliopsis helianthoides (Smooth Oxeye) Sweet 1826
perennial plant species in the asteraceae family
Heliopsis helianthoides is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae, known by the common names rough oxeye, smooth oxeye and false sunflower. It is native to eastern and central North America from Saskatchewan east to Newfoundland and south as far as Texas, New Mexico, and Georgia. Heliopsis helianthoides is a rhizomatous herbaceous perennial growing 40–150 cm (16–59 in) tall. The toothed leaf blades are oval to triangular or lance-shaped and may be smooth or hairy or rough in texture. The flowers are produced from midsummer to early autumn (fall). The inflorescence contains one
Geum quellyon (Scarlet Avens) Sweet 1829
perennial plant species in the rosaceae family
Geum quellyon, commonly called scarlet avens, Chilean avens or Grecian rose, is a perennial herb in the family Rosaceae. It is native to the central and southern regions of Chile. G. quellyon has been introduced to other countries including Belgium, Bolivia, and the United Kingdom, where it was first planted in 1826.
Rhododendron indicum (Southern Indian Azalea) (L.) Sweet 1830
plant species in the ericaceae family
Rhododendron indicum is an azalea Rhododendron species native to Japan (S & W Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu, Yakushima).
Cytisus multiflorus (White Spanish Broom) (L'Hér.) Sweet 1826
plant species in the fabaceae family
Cytisus multiflorus is a species of legume known by the common names white broom, white spanishbroom and Portuguese broom.
Rosa × odorata (Tea Rose) (Andrews) Sweet 1818
plant hybrid species in the rosaceae family
Rosa × odorata or Rosa odorata is a hybrid flowering plant of the genus Rosa native to Yunnan in southwest China, whose taxonomy has been confused. It has been considered a hybrid of Rosa gigantea and Rosa chinensis, or as a quite rare wild species that includes R. gigantea. The wild forms are cultivated to some extent. Cultivars were developed in China in ancient times from R. chinensis crosses, and these have been important in the ancestry of the tea-scented China roses, also called tea roses, and their descendants the hybrid tea roses.
Piptanthus Sweet 1828
plant genus in the fabaceae family
Piptanthus is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It includes two species of shrubs native to the Himalayas, Tibet, Myanmar, and western China. They grow in montane grassland, thicket, and forest margins. The genus belongs to subfamily Faboideae. It is most closely related to the genera Anagyris, Thermopsis (Asiatic spp.), and Vuralia.
Luculia Sweet 1826
plant genus in the rubiaceae family
Luculia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It was described by Robert Sweet in 1826 and is currently found from the Himalayas to southern China. The species are shrubs or small trees, generally found on upland scrub and woodland or forest margins. They have large leaves from 20 to 35 cm with prominent veins carried in opposite pairs. The inflorescence is a terminal umbel or corymb of tubular/open ended white, pink or creamy flowers with 5 spreading petals. It may be from 10 to 20 cm, depending on the species.
Kernera saxatilis (Rock Kernera) (L.) Sweet 1826
perennial plant species in the brassicaceae family
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Agonis flexuosa (Western Australian Peppermint) (Willd.) Sweet 1830
plant species in the myrtaceae family
Agonis flexuosa, commonly known as peppermint, is a species of flowering plant in the family Myrtaceae and is endemic to the southwest of Western Australia. The Noongar peoples know the tree as wanil, wonnow, wonong or wannang. It is a tree or shrub with pendulous, very narrowly elliptic, narrowly elliptic or narrowly egg-shaped leaves, white flowers with 20 to 25 stamens opposite the sepals and broadly top-shaped to broadly cup-shaped capsules.
Vitex doniana (Black Plum) Sweet 1826
vegetable plant species in the lamiaceae family
Vitex doniana is a tree native to the Afrotropics. Its fruits are one of several fruits called black plums. This tree is often grown for its fruits.
Rhododendron farrerae (Mrs. Farrer's Rhododendron) Sweet 1831
medicinal plant species in the ericaceae family
Rhododendron farrerae, commonly known as Mrs. Farrer's rhododendron, is a deciduous rhododendron species native to China (Hong Kong, Hunan to Fujian), with violet flowers and reaching a height of 60 cm (2 ft.). It is the type species for subsection Brachycalyx. It is found in dense mountain forests at elevations of 800–2100 m.
Gagea pusilla (F.W.Schmidt) Sweet 1826
plant species in the liliaceae family
Gagea pusilla is a Eurasian plant species in the lily family. It is native to Italy, Greece, the Balkans, Austria, Hungary, Slovakia, Czech Republic, Ukraine, Belarus, Russia (European Russia, North Caucasus, West Siberia Krai), and Kazakhstan. Gagea pusilla is a bulb-forming perennial herb. Its flowers are yellow.
Euphorbia lamarckii (Lamarck's Spurge) Sweet 1818
plant species in the euphorbiaceae family
Euphorbia lamarckii is a species of flowering plant in the family Euphorbiaceae, native to the western Canary Islands (Tenerife, north-western La Gomera, La Palma and El Hierro). It resembles Euphorbia regis-jubae, with which it has been confused. Both have been called Euphorbia obtusifolia.
Cupressoideae (Cypresses) Sweet 1826
plant subfamily in the cupressaceae family
Cupressaceae or the cypress family is a family of conifers. The family includes 27–30 genera (17 monotypic), which include the junipers and redwoods, with about 130–140 species in total. They are monoecious, subdioecious or (rarely) dioecious trees and shrubs up to 116 m (381 ft) tall. The bark of mature trees is commonly orange- to red-brown and of stringy texture, often flaking or peeling in vertical strips, but smooth, scaly or hard and square-cracked in some species. The family reached its peak of diversity during the Mesozoic era.
Chilopsis linearis (Desertwillow) (Cav.) Sweet 1826
plant species in the bignoniaceae family
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Acis autumnalis (Autumn Snowflake) (L.) Sweet 1829
plant species in the amaryllidaceae family
Acis autumnalis, the autumn snowflake, is a species of flowering plant in the family Amaryllidaceae. A short bulbous perennial, it is found on the western shores of the Mediterranean, from Portugal, Spain and Morocco to Sicily and Tunisia.
Abutilon grandifolium (Hairy Abutilon) (Willd.) Sweet 1826
plant species in the malvaceae family
Abutilon grandifolium, the hairy Indian mallow, is a large shrub that is up to 3 m (9.8 ft) high with broad, 3–18 cm (1.2–7.1 in) leaf blades. Flowers are axillary, with a yellow corolla 2–3.5 cm (0.8–1.4 in) across, composed of petals 1–1.5 cm (0.4–0.6 in) long. The fruits are ovoid-globular schizocarps that are 1–1.5 cm (0.4–0.6 in) in diameter and composed of ten shortly beaked mericarps, containing 2-3 seeds each. A. grandifolium can be distinguished from A. theophrasti by long, simple hairs on the stem rather than stellate hairs.
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