Edouard Joshua Adjanohoun
Édouard Joshua Adjanohoun (born November 5, 1928 in Ouidah , Benin , † January 16, 2016 in Bruges , France ) was a Beninese botanist . Its official botanical author's abbreviation is “ Adjan. ".
life and work
Adjanohoun was a professor at the University of Bordeaux III and the first rector of Dahomey University , now the Abomey-Calavi University . Numerous West African botanists, including Sita Guinko , Koffi Akpagana and Brice Sinsin , are among his students. He was Vice President of the African Science Council and President of the OUA Committee for Traditional African Medicine and Medicinal Herbs. After his retirement in 1990, Adjanohoun worked, among other things, in the management of the botanical and zoological garden at the University of Abomey-Calavi.
Together with William Derek Clayton , he described the new grass species Andropogon ivorensis and Elionurus euchaetus in 1963 and 1964 .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Report from the Benin Consulate General in Paris ( Memento of the original from February 23, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Announcement from the University of Abomey-Calavi
- ↑ LJG Van der Maesen, A. Akoègninou: Notulae Florae Beninensis third - Botanical collectors in Benin. Willdenowia 34: 2004, pp. 411-420. (PDF).
- ↑ Author entry and list the names of plants described for Édouard Joshua Adjanohoun in IPNI
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Adjanohoun, Edouard Joshua |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Adjan. (botanical author abbreviation) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | benin botanist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 5, 1928 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Ouidah , Benin |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 16, 2016 |
| Place of death | Bruges , France |