Sidney Alfred Skan

English botanist (1870–1939).

Sidney Alfred Skan (13 August 1870 – 19 December 1939) was a British gardener, botanist, and librarian associated with the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Abbreviations: Skan
Occupations: botanist
Citizenships: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, United Kingdom
Languages: English
Dates: 1870-08-13T00:00:00Z – 1939-12-19T00:00:00Z
Birth place: Solihull
Direct attributions: 53 plants, 0 fungi
Authorship mentions: 79 plants, 0 fungi

53 plants attributed, 26 plants contributed to79 plants:

Quercus franchetii Skan 1899
medicinal plant species in the fagaceae family
Quercus franchetii, commonly known as the zhui lian li evergreen oak, is a species of oak in the Ilex section of the genus, native to a wide area of eastern Asia. It is an oak native to China (Sichuan and Yunnan), northern Thailand and Vietnam, growing at altitudes between 800 and 2,600 metres (2,600 and 8,500 feet).
Quercus blakei (Cyclobalanopsis Blakei) Skan 1899
plant species in the fagaceae family
Quercus blakei is an uncommon species of tree in the beech family Fagaceae. It has been found in Indochina (Laos and Vietnam) and southern China (Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hainan ). It is placed in subgenus Cerris, section Cyclobalanopsis.
Quercus augustinei (Quercus Augustinii) Skan 1899
plant species in the fagaceae family
Quercus augustinei, spelling corrected from Quercus augustinii, is a rare species of tree in the beech family Fagaceae. It has been found in Vietnam as well as Guangxi, Guizhou, and Yunnan Provinces in southern China. It is placed in subgenus Cerris, section Cyclobalanopsis.
Quercus edithae (Thick-leaved Oak) Skan 1900
plant species in the fagaceae family
Quercus edithiae is a species of tree in the family Fagaceae and the "ring-cupped oak" sub-genus. It has been found in Vietnam, southern China (Guangdong, Guangxi, and Hainan) and Hong Kong. In Vietnam it is called sồi editha. It is placed in subgenus Cerris, section Cyclobalanopsis. Quercus edithiae is a tree up to 20 m. tall with hairless twigs. The leathery leaves are glabrous, oblong-elliptic to obovate, 50-160 × 20–60 mm, with a 20–30 mm petiole. The acorn is ellipsoid to cylindric-ellipsoid, 30-45 × 20–30 mm, with a scar approx. 7 mm in diameter.
Pterocarya hupehensis (Hubei Wingnut) Skan 1899
vulnerable plant species in the juglandaceae family
Pterocarya hupehensis (commonly known as the Hubei Wingnut) is a tree in the Juglandaceae family native to China. It grows on moist streambanks at 700 to 2,000 m (2,300 to 6,600 ft) elevation—mostly in North Guizhou, West Hubei (Changyang Xian), South Shaanxi, West Sichuan. Genetic and phylogeographic research indicates that populations of P. hupehensis experienced historical divergence and demographic changes associated with the strengthening of the East Asian monsoon and Quaternary climatic fluctuations.
Quercus baronii Skan 1899
edible and medicinal plant species in the fagaceae family
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Salvia tysonii (Tambookie Sage) Skan 1910
plant species in the lamiaceae family
Salvia tysonii is a rarely encountered species of sage commonly called Tambookie sage. It is found in South Africa′s Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal provinces, growing in grassland, typically on rocky slopes or alongside streams at an elevation of 750–1,450 m (2,460–4,760 ft).
Oreocharis forrestii (Diels) Skan 1917
perennial and medicinal plant species in the gesneriaceae family
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Tephrosia clementii Skan 1902
plant species in the fabaceae family
Tephrosia clementii is a plant species, endemic to the north-west of Western Australia. It is an annual with a prostrate, spreading habit, growing to between 0.1 and 0.25 metres high. Orange or red flowers are produced between January and March in the species' native range. The species was first formally described by S.A.Skan in 1903 in Icones Plantarum, from a collection by Emile Clement between the Ashburton and Yule Rivers.
Jasminum nitidum (Angelwing Jasmine) Skan 1898
plant species in the oleaceae family
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Striga klingii (Engl.) Skan 1906
perennial plant species in the orobanchaceae family
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Striga brachycalyx Skan 1906
annual plant species in the orobanchaceae family
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Stachys zeyheri (Twiggy Woundwort) Skan 1910
plant species in the lamiaceae family
Stachys zeyheri, the twiggy woundwort, is a species of hedgenettle endemic to South Africa.
Stachys bolusii (Strandveld Stachys) Skan 1910
plant species in the lamiaceae family
Stachys bolusii, the strandveld woundwort, is a species of hedgenettle endemic to South Africa′s Western Cape province.
Aptosimum molle Skan 1906
plant species in the scrophulariaceae family
Aptosimum molle is a flowering plant species in the genus Aptosimum, which is native to dry tropical and Southern Africa. It belongs to the family Scrophulariaceae. While specific characteristics for A. molle are not widely available, it is related to other species in the genus, which include plants with blue or violet trumpet-shaped flowers and leaves that vary in shape.
Aptosimum gossweileri Skan 1906
plant species in the scrophulariaceae family
Aptosimum gossweileri is a species of flowering plant in the family Scrophulariaceae. It is a robust, glandular-pilose undershrub with long, procumbent, many-branched stems and thick, fleshy leaves that have a persistent midrib, which can form a straight, stout spine. The species is found in dry tropical and Southern Africa and is characterized by its axillary flowers that are typically clustered in pairs, with glandular-pubescent, blue to purple corollas.
Stachys tysonii Skan 1910
plant species in the lamiaceae family
Stachys tysonii is a species of hedgenettle found in South Africa and Lesotho.
Stachys sublobata (Wood Stachys) Skan 1910
plant species in the lamiaceae family
Stachys sublobata is a species of hedgenettle endemic to South Africa's Western Cape province.
Stachys rudatisii Skan 1910
plant species in the lamiaceae family
Stachys rudatisii is a species of hedgenettle endemic to South Africa's KwaZulu-Natal province.
Stachys rehmannii (Limpopo Woundwort) Skan 1910
plant species in the lamiaceae family
Stachys rehmannii, the Limpopo woundwort, is a species of hedgenettle endemic to South Africa's Limpopo province.
Stachys flexuosa (Amathole Woundwort) Skan 1910
plant species in the lamiaceae family
Stachys flexuosa, the Amathole woundwort, is a species of hedgenettle endemic to South Africa.
Sopubia mannii Skan 1906
perennial plant species in the orobanchaceae family
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Limnophila dasyantha (Engl. & Gilg) Skan 1906
annual plant species in the plantaginaceae family
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Limnophila ceratophylloides (Hiern) Skan 1906
perennial plant species in the plantaginaceae family
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Limnophila barteri Skan 1906
annual plant species in the plantaginaceae family
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Dopatrium longidens Skan 1906
annual plant species in the plantaginaceae family
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Dopatrium angolense Skan 1906
annual plant species in the plantaginaceae family
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Buchnera trilobata Skan 1906
annual plant species in the orobanchaceae family
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Buchnera speciosa Skan 1906
plant species in the orobanchaceae family
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Buchnera ruwenzoriensis Skan 1906
annual plant species in the orobanchaceae family
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