Erik Leonard Ekman
Erik Leonard Ekman (born October 14, 1883 in Stockholm , † January 15, 1931 in Santiago de los Caballeros , Dominican Republic) was a Swedish botanist . Its official botanical author abbreviation is " Ekman ".
Live and act
Ekman grew up in the central Swedish city of Jönköping and made his bachelor's degree at Lund University in 1907 , where he also completed his doctoral thesis in 1914.
On the way to Brazil he was supposed to collect plants in Cuba and Hispaniola on behalf of Ignaz Urban and Carl Lindman , but then stayed in the Caribbean for 17 years instead of the planned 20 months . About 36,000 herbarium specimens are known from Ekman ; based on these collections, around 2000 species were newly described. Some geographical discoveries can also be traced back to him, for example he identified Pico Duarte as the highest mountain in the Caribbean. In 1931 he died in Santiago de los Caballeros of complications from pneumonia , malaria and other diseases.
Honors
In honor of the genera Ekmania Gleason from the daisy family (Asteraceae), Ekmaniocharis Urb. from the family of the black mouth plants (Melastomataceae) and Ekmanianthe Urb. named from the trumpet tree family (Bignoniaceae).
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
- Biography of Ekman (es)
- Ekman at the Naturhistoriska Riksmuseet
- Author entry and list of the plant names described for Erik Leonard Ekman at the IPNI
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Ekman, Erik Leonard |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swedish botanist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 14, 1883 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Stockholm , Sweden |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 15, 1931 |
| Place of death | Santiago de los Caballeros , Dominican Republic |