John Jacob Lavranos
John Jacob Lavranos (born March 29, 1926 in Corfu , † February 1, 2018 in Loulé ) was a botanist . Its botanical author abbreviation is " Lavranos ".
Life
Lavranos studied law and economics at the University of Athens (Greece) and obtained a Bachelor of Science degree in economics in 1948 . He was very interested in botany , especially succulents . Therefore he left for South Africa in 1952 . There he worked for an insurance company and in his free time completed a degree in natural sciences at the University of Witwatersrand . He also graduated with a Bachelor of Science and a Master of Science .
His more than 14 excursions took him to unknown areas in the Arab world , Somalia , Socotra , Kenya and Tanzania . He was named a Fellow of the Cactus and Succulent Society of America in 1977. Lavranos worked closely with several well-known botanists, including a. with Werner Rauh , with whom he undertook several research trips (including South Africa 1961, South Arabia / Yemen 1964, Kenya 1979).
He is the author of over 300 initial descriptions of mostly succulent plants. Almost 20 species were named after him, u. a. Aloe lavranosii , Conophytum lavranosii , Echidnopsis lavraniana , Euphorbia lavrani , Caralluma lavrani and Sarcocaulon lavrani . Furthermore, the genus Lavrania Plowes from the family of dog poison plants (Apocynaceae) was named after him.
literature
- G. Germishuizen, GF Glen: Botanical explorations of southern Africa, issue 2, National Biodiversity Institute SANBI, Pretoria, 2010.
- Mary Gunn, LEW Codd: Botanical Exploration of Southern Africa , Balkema, Cape Town, 1981 ISBN 978-0-86961-129-6 . ( Partial preview online )
- Roy Mottram : The Cactician , Volumes 1 to 12, 2013 to 2018, ISSN 2052-952X. ( Selection of volumes as PDF files at crassulaceae.ch)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Johannes-Ulrich Urban: John Lavranos - an obituary . In: Cacti and other succulents . Vol. 69, No. 6, 2018, pp. 183-186.
- ↑ Lotte Burkhardt: Directory of eponymous plant names . Extended Edition. Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin, Free University Berlin Berlin 2018. [1]
- ^ Mary Gunn, LEW Codd: Botanical Exploration of Southern Africa , pages 217 ff.
- ↑ Germishuizen, Glen: Botanical explorations of southern Africa , page 255. ( full text online )
- ↑ Roy Mottram: The Cactician , Volume 12, The life and work of a botanical explorer John Jacob Lavranos . ( online PDF file )
Web links
- "John Jacob Lavranos" ( memento of February 24, 2018 in the Internet Archive ) on the University of Zurich website
- Author entry and list of the described plant names for John Jacob Lavranos at the IPNI
- Personal data set in the database of the Werner Rauh Heritage Project
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Lavranos, John Jacob |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Greek botanist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 29, 1926 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Corfu |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1st February 2018 |
| Place of death | Loulé |