Mariano Lagasca y Segura
Statue of Mariano Lagasca y Segura in the Botanical Garden of Madrid
Mariano Lagasca y Segura (born October 4, 1776 in Encinacowa , Aragon , † June 23, 1839 in Barcelona ) was a Spanish botanist . Its official botanical author's abbreviation is " Lag. "
Life
In 1818 he was accepted into the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina . From 1821 he was a corresponding member of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences . His academic nickname was Bauhinus .
The journal Lagascalia (since 1971) and the plant genus Lagascea Cav. corr. Willd. from the sunflower family (Asteraceae) are named after him.
Fonts
- Amenidades naturales de las Españas… (1811–1821).
- Genera et species plantarum, quae aut novae sunt,… (1816…).
- Elenchus plantarum, quae in horto regio botanico matritensi colebantur anno 1815… (1816…).
- Memoria sobre las platas barrilleras de España . (1817 ...).
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 .
Web links
- Author entry and list of the described plant names for Mariano Lagasca y Segura at the IPNI
- Short biography. biografiasyvidas.com (spanish)
Individual evidence
- ↑ JDF Neigebaur : History of the Imperial Leopoldino-Carolinian German Academy of Natural Scientists during the second century of its existence . Friedrich Frommann, Jena 1860, p. 248
- ↑ Lotte Burkhardt: Directory of eponymous plant names . Extended Edition. Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin, Free University Berlin Berlin 2018. [1]
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Lagasca y Segura, Mariano |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Spanish botanist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 4, 1776 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Encinacowa , Aragon |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 23, 1839 |
| Place of death | Barcelona |