Lorenzo Raimundo Parodi

Lorenzo Raimundo Parodi (born January 23, 1895 in Pergamino , † April 21, 1966 in Buenos Aires ) was an Argentine agricultural engineer and botanist . Its official botanical author abbreviation is " Parodi ".

Live and act

Lorenzo Raimundo Parodi was the first explorer of the flora of Paraguay . He specialized in the plant family of grasses (Gramineae). From 1934 to 1962 he was editor of the magazine Revista Argentina de Agronomía .

Honors

In 1942 Parodi was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences .

The following are named after him:

Parodianthus Tronc. from the family of the Verbenaceae
Parodiodoxa O.E. Schulz from the cruciferous family(Brassicaceae)
Lorenzochloa Reeder & C.Reeder , Parodiella Reeder & C.Reeder , Parodiochloa C.E.Hubb. , Parodiolyra Soderstr. & Zuloaga , Parodiophyllochloa Zuloaga & Morrone and Raimundochloa A.M. Molina from the sweet grass family(Poaceae)

Parodiodendron Hunz. from the milkweed family(Euphorbiaceae)

Bromus parodii Covas & Itria

Fonts (selection)

Notas sobre las especies de Briza de la Flora argentina . In Revista de la Facultad de Agronomía y Veterinaria de la Universidad de Buenos Aires . 1920.
Albert Spear Hitchcock (1865-1935) . In: Revista Argentina de Agronomía . 1936.
The origen geográfico de algunas Gramíneas coleccionadas por Don Luis Née, en su viaje alrededor del mundo . In: Revista Argentina de Agronomía . 1947.
Robert Pilger (1876-1953) . In: Revista Argentina de Agronomía . 1953.
Thaddaeus peregrinus Haenke a dos siglos de su nacimiento . In: Anales de la Academia Nacional de Ciencias Exactas, Físicas y Naturales, Buenos Aires . 1964.

proof

Umberto Quattrocchi: CRC World Dictionary of Grasses: Common Names, Scientific Names, Eponyms, Synonyms, and Etymology . 3 volumes, 2006. ISBN 0849313031 .
Walther Haage : cacti from A to Z . 3rd edition, Quelle & Meyer Verlag: Heidelberg, 1986. ISBN 3-494-01142-7
Robert Zander : Zander concise dictionary of plant names. Edited by Fritz Encke , Günther Buchheim, Siegmund Seybold . 14th, revised and expanded edition. Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart 1993, ISBN 3-8001-5063-8 .

Web links

Author entry and list of the described plant names for Lorenzo Raimundo Parodi at the IPNI
Biography with photos (it)

Individual evidence

^ Members of the American Academy. Listed by election year, 1900-1949 ( PDF ). Retrieved September 29, 2015
↑ Lotte Burkhardt: Directory of eponymous 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 .

personal data
SURNAME	Parodi, Lorenzo Raimundo
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Argentine agricultural engineer and botanist
DATE OF BIRTH	January 23, 1895
PLACE OF BIRTH	Pergamino , Argentina
DATE OF DEATH	April 21, 1966
Place of death	Buenos Aires , Argentina

[1] Members of the American Academy. Listed by election year, 1900-1949 ( PDF ). Retrieved September 29, 2015

[Burkhardt_2018-2] Lotte Burkhardt: Directory of eponymous 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 .