João de Loureiro
João de Loureiro (born September 8, 1717 in Lisbon (baptism date), † October 18, 1791 in Lisbon) was a Portuguese missionary and botanist . Its official botanical author abbreviation is “ Lour. ".
Live and act
He lived in Mozambique, in Cochin China for 30 years and in China for three years . His main work is the flora cochinchinensis .
Honors
The plant genus Loureira Raeusch is named after him . from the spindle tree family (Celastraceae).
Works
- Flora cochinchinensis… . Academy, Lisbon 1790 (1st edition) online at Biblioteca Digital de Botânica
- Flora cochinchinensis… Haude & Spener, Berlin 1793 (2nd edition).
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- 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
- ↑ Walter Erhardt among others: The great pikeperch. Encyclopedia of Plant Names . Volume 2, page 1988. Verlag Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart 2008. ISBN 978-3-8001-5406-7
- ↑ 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 João de Loureiro at the IPNI
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Loureiro, João de |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Portuguese missionary and botanist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 8, 1717 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Lisbon |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 18, 1791 |
| Place of death | Lisbon |