David John de Laubenfels

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David John de Laubenfels (born December 5, 1925 in Pasadena , California - † February 6, 2016 ) was an American botanist and geographer. Its official botanical author's abbreviation is “ de Laub. “The focus of his work was“ Environmental Geography ”and the taxonomy of naked-seed plants (Gymnospermae).

Live and act

Laubenfels received an AB in Geography from Colgate University in Hamilton, New York , in 1949 . From the University of Illinois he received an MA in geography in 1950 and a Ph. D. in geography and botany in 1953.

From 1953 to 1958 he was assistant professor of geography, then until 1959 associate professor of geography at the University of Georgia in Athens . From 1959 to 1971 he was Associate Professor of Geography at Syracuse University in Syracuse (New York) and from 1971 to 1993 Professor of Geography there. From 1993 Laubenfels retired, but continued to publish. He died on February 6, 2016.

Honors

From 1955 to 1956, Laubenfels was a Post-Doctoral Fellow at Johns Hopkins University . Is named after him, the plant genus Laubenfelsia A.V.Bobrov & Melikyan from the family of podocarpaceae (Podocarpaceae).

Works

botany

  • The External Morphology of Coniferous Leaves . In: Phytomorphology . tape 3 , 1953, pp. 1-20 .
  • Parasitic Conifer Found in New Caledonia . In: Science . tape 130 , 1959, pp. 97 .
  • The Primitiveness of Polycotyledony Considered with Special Reference to the Cotyledonary Condition in Podocarpaceae . In: Phytomorphology . tape 12 , 1962, pp. 196-300 .
  • A revision of the Malesian and Pacific rainforest conifers, I. Podocarpaceae in parts . In: Journal of the Arnold Arboretum . tape 50 , 1969, p. 274-314 .
  • The Vegetation Formations of Latin America . In: Revista Geog. tape 72 , 1970, pp. 96-138 .
  • Gymnospermes, Flore de la Nouvelle-Calédonie et Dépendances . 1972.
  • Mapping the World's Vegetation . 1975.
  • The Taxonomy of Philippine Coniferae and Taxaceae . In: Kalikasan . tape 7 , 1978, p. 117-152 .
  • Podocarpaceae . In: Flora de Venezuela . tape 11 , 1982, pp. 7-41 .
  • A Taxonomic Revision of the Genus Podocarpus . In: Blumea . tape 30 , 1985, pp. 251-279 .
  • Coniferales, Flora Malesiana . 1988.
  • A Taxonomic Revision of the Genera Cycas and Epicycas . In: Blumea . tape 43 , 1998, pp. 351-400 .
  • A New Species of Podocarpus from the Maquis of New Caledonia . In: New Zealand Journal of Botany . tape 41 , 2003, p. 715-718 .

Geography, miscellaneous

  • Where Sherman Passed By . In: Geog. Rev. Band 47 , 1957, pp. 381-395 .
  • A Geography of Plants and Animals . 1970.
  • Ethnic Geography of the Neolithic . In: Mankind Quarterly . tape 22 , 1981, pp. 119-143 .
  • The Upper Palaeolithic Revolution . In: Mankind Quarterly . tape 23 , 1983, pp. 329-356 .
  • A Rift Relationship for Earthquakes in Eastern North America . In: Geog. Rev. Band 77 , 1987, pp. 196-208 .
  • It's hard to believe in infinity . 1992.

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literature

  • Library of Congress. Hispanic Foundation: National directory of Latin Americanists: biographies of 2,688 specialists in the social sciences & humanities. in: Hispanic Foundation bibliographical series, no.12. Library of Congress, Washington, 1972, p. 147

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Memorials & Tributes: David J. de Laubenfels ( en ) Association of American Geographers . Retrieved March 2, 2016.
  2. ↑ Lotte Burkhardt: Directory of eponymous plant names . Extended Edition. Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin, Free University Berlin Berlin 2018. [1]
personal data
SURNAME Laubenfels, David John de
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American botanist and geographer
DATE OF BIRTH December 5, 1925
PLACE OF BIRTH Pasadena , California
DATE OF DEATH February 6, 2016