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'''Juan Diego del Castillo''' ( |
'''Juan Diego del Castillo''' (1744–1793) was a Spanish pharmacist and [[botanist]] who joined [[Vicente Cervantes]] in [[Mexico]]. Castillo wrote ''Plantas descritas en el viaje de Acapulco''. He died in Mexico. Castillo had been a contemporary of [[Martín Sessé y Lacasta]]. In [[New Spain]], Lacasta had been joined by a group of Spanish botanists selected by [[Casimiro Gómez Ortega]], director of the [[Royal Botanical Garden of Madrid]]. These included Cervantes, [[José Longinos Martínez]], and Del Castillo. |
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Del Castillo left a large sum of money towards the printing of their projected book ''Flora Mexicana''. Cervantes named the [[genus]] ''[[Castilla (plant)|Castilla]]'' after him.<ref>M.J.R. Loadman, ''Tears of the Tree: The Story of Rubber –a Modern Marvel'' (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2005), 25.</ref> |
Del Castillo left a large sum of money towards the printing of their projected book ''Flora Mexicana''. Cervantes named the [[genus]] ''[[Castilla (plant)|Castilla]]'' after him.<ref>M.J.R. Loadman, ''Tears of the Tree: The Story of Rubber –a Modern Marvel'' (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2005), 25.</ref> |
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Latest revision as of 13:53, 5 April 2022
Juan Diego del Castillo (1744–1793) was a Spanish pharmacist and botanist who joined Vicente Cervantes in Mexico. Castillo wrote Plantas descritas en el viaje de Acapulco. He died in Mexico. Castillo had been a contemporary of Martín Sessé y Lacasta. In New Spain, Lacasta had been joined by a group of Spanish botanists selected by Casimiro Gómez Ortega, director of the Royal Botanical Garden of Madrid. These included Cervantes, José Longinos Martínez, and Del Castillo.
Del Castillo left a large sum of money towards the printing of their projected book Flora Mexicana. Cervantes named the genus Castilla after him.[1]
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- ^ M.J.R. Loadman, Tears of the Tree: The Story of Rubber –a Modern Marvel (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2005), 25.
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