Albert Frederik Hendrik Buining
Albert Frederik Hendrik Buining (born August 25, 1901 in Groningen ; † May 9, 1976 ) was a Dutch botanist . Its official botanical author abbreviation is " Buining ".
Live and act
Buining has made a name for itself in describing South American cactus plants . In 1950 he was a founding member of the International Organization for Succulent Research (IOS) in Zurich and for 28 years (from 1940 to 1968) president of the Dutch cactus and succulent plant Succulenta . Together with John D. Donald and Friedrich Ritter, he described and rearranged the genus Rebutia in the 1960s . In the 1970s he did the same for the genus Discocactus . Buining also made contributions to the loose-leaf collection The Cacti, published by Hans Krainz from 1956 .
Taxa named after Buining
In recognition of his services, the genus Buiningia Buxb. named after him (today coincides with Coleocephalocereus ). Parodia buiningii (Buxb.) NPTaylor (or: Notocactus buiningii Buxb. Or Ritterocactus buiningii (Buxb.) Doweld ), Rebutia buiningiana Rausch and Uebelmannia buiningii Donald are also named after Buining .
literature
- AF Buining: The genus Discocactus Pfeiffer. A revision of known species and diagnoses of new species . Buining Fund, 1980.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Lotte Burkhardt: Directory of eponymous plant names . Extended Edition. Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin, Free University Berlin Berlin 2018. [1]
Web links
- Author entry and list of the described plant names for Albert Frederik Hendrik Buining at the IPNI
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Buining, Albert Frederik Hendrik |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Dutch botanist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 25, 1901 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Groningen |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 9, 1976 |