Hipólito Ruiz López
Hipólito Ruiz López (born August 8, 1754 in Belorado , † 1815 in Madrid ) was a Spanish botanist .
Life
Together with José Antonio Pavón y Jiménez , he traveled to Chile , Peru and other South American countries from 1779 to 1788 . Its official botanical author abbreviation is " Ruiz "; the joint authorship of Ruiz López and Pavón y Jiménez is abbreviated in botanical literature as “ Ruiz & Pav. ”.
Honors
In his honor, was now called monotypic respected plant genus Ruizia from the family of Mallow named (Malvaceae). The only species in the genus, Ruizia cordata , is endemic to the island of Reunion . The plant genus Ruizodendron R.E.Fr. from the Annonaceae family has been named after him.
Works
- Quinología o tartado del arbol de la quina , Madrid 1792.
Together with José Antonio Pavón y Jiménez he published the following works:
- Florae peruvianae et chilensis prodromus ... , 1794
- Systema vegetabilium florae peruvianae chilensis , 1798
- Flora peruvianae et chilensis, sive descriptiones, et icones… , 1798–1802
Web links
- Author entry and list of the described plant names for Hipólito Ruiz López at the IPNI
literature
- Robert Zander : Zander concise dictionary of plant names . Ed .: Fritz Encke , Günther Buchheim, Siegmund Seybold . 13th, revised and expanded edition. Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart 1984, ISBN 3-8001-5042-5 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Lotte Burkhardt: Directory of eponymic plant names - extended edition. Part I and II. Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin , Freie Universität Berlin , Berlin 2018, ISBN 978-3-946292-26-5 doi: 10.3372 / epolist2018 .
- ↑ malvaceae.info
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Ruiz López, Hipólito |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Spanish botanist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 8, 1754 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Belorado |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1815 |
| Place of death | Madrid |