claim: Samsung entered the entertainment industry in the United States.
evidence: Friedrich Martin Josef Welwitsch -LRB- 5 February 1806 -- 20 October 1872 -RRB- was an Austrian explorer and botanist who in Angola discovered the plant Welwitschia mirabilis .. Austrian. Austrian Empire. explorer. exploration. botanist. botany. Angola. Angola. Welwitschia mirabilis. Welwitschia. His report received wide attention among the botanists and general public , comparable only to the discovery of two other plants in the 19th century , namely Victoria amazonica and Rafflesia arnoldii .. Victoria amazonica. Victoria amazonica. Rafflesia arnoldii. Rafflesia arnoldii. In Angola , Welwitsch also discovered Rhipsalis baccifera , the only cactus species naturally occurring outside the New World .. Angola. Angola. Rhipsalis baccifera. Rhipsalis baccifera. cactus. cactus. New World. New World. It was found a few years later in Sri Lanka too , which reignited the now already one and a half century old debate on the origin of cacti in Africa and Asia .. Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka. At the time , the debate concluded with the conviction of numerous authors that they were introduced and spread by migratory birds .. migratory birds. bird migration. Among the botanists , Welwitsch is also known after his descriptions of numerous other plants , for example Cyphostemma macropus , Tavaresia angolense , Dorstenia psilurus , Sarcocaulon mossamedense , Acanthosicyos horridus , Pachypodium namaquanum and Pachypodium lealii .. Cyphostemma macropus. Cyphostemma macropus. Tavaresia angolense. Tavaresia angolense. Dorstenia psilurus. Dorstenia psilurus. Sarcocaulon mossamedense. Sarcocaulon mossamedense. Acanthosicyos horridus. Acanthosicyos horridus. Pachypodium namaquanum. Pachypodium namaquanum. Pachypodium lealii. Pachypodium lealii. The earthstar fungus Geastrum welwitschii , a species he collected in Spain , is named in his honor .. earthstar. Geastrales. Geastrum welwitschii. Geastrum welwitschii