Christian Horace Benedict Alfred Moquin-Tandon (7 May 1804 – 15 April 1863) was a French naturalist and doctor.
8-695: Pircunia dioica Moq. Maria-molle Phytolacca dioica , commonly known as ombú in Spanish and umbu in Portuguese, is a massive evergreen tree in the Pokeweed Family ( Phytolaccaceae ) native to the Pampas of South America . As its specific epithet suggests, it is dioecious , with male and female flowers on separate plants. The flowers are pollinated by the butterfly Doxocopa laurentia . It has an umbrella-like canopy that spreads to
16-429: A diameter of 12 to 15 meters (40 to 50 feet) and can attain a height of 12 to 18 meters (40 to 60 feet). This upper growth springs up from a tuberous caudex which, according to Everett "may occupy a circle sixty feet [18 meters] in diameter". One tree of such a size is mentioned by Anglo-Argentine writer William Henry Hudson in his autobiography " Far Away and Long Ago", which was fifty feet (fifteen meters) girth above
24-457: A genus of flowering plants from South America, belonging to the family Asteraceae . This biography related to medicine in France is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article about a French botanist is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Moquiniastrum Spadonia Less. Moquiniastrum is a genus of flowering plants belonging to
32-638: Is categorized in the same genus as the North American pokeweed . The species is also cultivated in Southern California as a shade tree. Ombú has been declared as a minor invasive species (category 3) in South Africa, where it is widely planted. This tree -related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Moq. Moquin-Tandon was professor of zoology at Marseille from 1829 until 1833, when he
40-467: The art of bonsai , as it is easily manipulated to create the desired effect. Since the sap is poisonous, the ombú is not grazed by cattle and is immune to locusts and other pests. For similar reasons, the leaves are sometimes used as a laxative or purgative. It is a symbol of Uruguay , Rio Grande do Sul and Argentina , and of gaucho culture, as its canopy is quite distinguishable from afar and provides comfort and shelter from sun and rain. This tree
48-401: The caudex. Another very large Ombu at Belgrano , Argentina measured ten feet thick ((nine meters girth) "clear of the buttresses" Because it is derived from herbaceous ancestors, its trunk consists of anomalous secondary thickening rather than true wood . As a result, the ombú grows fast but its wood is soft and spongy enough to be cut with a knife. These properties have led it to be used in
56-697: Was appointed professor of botany and director of the botanical gardens at Toulouse . In 1850, he was sent by the French government to Corsica to study the island's flora. In 1853, he moved to Paris, later becoming director of the Jardin des Plantes and the Académie des Sciences . His books included the ornithology section of L'Histoire Naturelle des Iles Canaries (1835–44), co-authored with Philip Barker Webb and Sabin Berthelot . One of his specialities
64-530: Was the family Amaranthaceae (The Amaranth family). Several genera of plants have been named in his honour, including in 1838, DC. published Moquinia , a genus of flowering plants from Brazil, in the Moquinia tribe within the sunflower family . Then in 1954, Simone Balle published Moquiniella a genus of flowering plants from Africa, belonging to the family Loranthaceae . Lastly in 2013, botanists (Cabrera) G.Sancho published Moquiniastrum ,
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