Martín Cárdenas (botanist)

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Martín Cárdenas Hermosa (born November 12, 1899 in Cochabamba , † February 14, 1973 in Cochabamba) was a Bolivian botanist . Its official botanical author's abbreviation is " Cárdenas ".

Life

Cárdenas' home on Avenida Heroínas, Cochabamba

After completing his basic training, he studied and graduated in 1918 with a Bachelor of Science and Letters. He then continued his studies in chemistry and natural sciences at a university in La Paz with a scholarship . During this time he came into contact with the Swedish botanist Eric Asplund and accompanied him on his travels through Bolivia.

In addition to the cactus family , he was also interested in other plant families of which species occur in Bolivia, including the amaryllis family , the iris family , the bromeliad family , the palm family and the trumpet tree family .

He wrote many specialist articles for renowned botany journals. They have appeared in Cactus and Other Succulents , Cactus & Succulent Journal of America , National Cactus and Succulent Journal (England), Succulenta , Cactus , Cactaceas y Succulentas Mexicanas, and in many other South American publications. In 1969 he wrote the Manual de plantas económicas de Bolivia .

Honors

After Martín Cárdenas are plant species named: from Henry Hurd Rusby 1927 genus Cardenasia , by Robert Crichton Foster 1945 genus Cardenanthus of the family Iridaceae (Iridaceae) by Curt cheek mountain 1949, the cactus genus Neocardenasia and Fred Alexander Barkley 1954, the genus Cardenasiodendron from the sumac family (Anacardiaceae). Numerous plant species refer to him in the specific epithet , including the three cactus species Echinopsis cardenasiana (Rausch) H.Friedrich , Gymnocalycium cardenasianum F.Ritter and Sulcorebutia cardenasiana R.Vásquez .

On 10 July 1998, he was a published in Bolivia postage stamp ( Michel number. Honored in 1370).

Fonts (selection)

  • Contribuciones a la flora de Bolivia . Imprenta Universitaria, Cochabamba 1941.
  • Nuevas contribuciones a la flora económica de Bolivia . Imprenta Universitaria, Cochabamba 1944.
  • Manual de plantas económicas de Bolivia . Imprenta Icthus, Cochabamba 1969.
  • Disertaciones botánicas y amenidades biológicas . Editorial Los Amigos del Libro, 1969.
  • Memorias de un naturalista . Editorial Don Bosco, 1973. - posthumously

proof

literature

  • Julio César Vargas Calderón: Semblanza del Doctor Martin Cardenas Hermosa, botanico boliviano 12. XI. 1899 - 14. II. 1973. In: Boletin de la Sociedad Argentina de Botanica . Volume 15, 1973, pp. 294-299.
  • JD Candia: Dr. Martin Cardenas Hermosa: un naturalista boliviano en el centenario de su nacimiento (1899–1973) . In: Revista de la Sociedad Boliviana de Botánica . Volume 2, Number 2, 1999, pp. 265-267.
  • Lothar Diers: Prof. Dr. Martin Cardenas . In: Cacti and other succulents . Volume 24, Number 8, 1973, p. 175.
  • Urs Eggli , Beat Ernst Leuenberger : The Cárdenas Type Specimens of Cactaceae Names in the Herbarium of the Instituto Miguel Lillo, Tucumán, Argentina (LIL) . In: Willdenowia . Volume 35, Issue 1, 2005, pp. 179-192 ( JSTOR 3997612 ).
  • A. Gioda, S. Arrazola: Le naturaliste bolivien Martin Cardenas et ses grandes cactees . In: Succulentes . Volume 20, Number 4, 1997, pp. 3-11.
  • A. Gioda, S. Arrazola: Martin Cardenas, passeur entre deux mondes: l'india et l'occidental . In: Succulentes . Volume 24, Number 2, 2001, pp. 16-22.
  • Alicia Lourteig: Martin Cardenas Hermosa (November 12, 1899– February 14, 1973) . In: Journal d'Agriculture Tropicale et de Botanique Appliquée . Volume 21, Numbers 7-9, Paris 1975, pp 257-262.
  • Thomas Wallace Whitaker: Martin Cardenas Hermosa: botanist extraordinary, 1899–1973 . Plant life . Volume 30, Numbers 1-4, 1974, pp. 10-13.
  • Oscar A. Quiroga: Martín Cárdenas una vida para la ciencia . In: Revista de Investigación e Información en Salud . Volume 1, Number 2, 2005 ( online ).
  • Sdenka Geovanna Fuentes Reyes: Martín Cárdenas House Museum. Plan of Maintenance . ( PDF ).
  • Rodríguez R. Rodríguez: Martín Cárdenas, el Eximio Botánico y Naturalista de América . Plural editores, La Paz 2005, ISBN 99905-63-52-7 .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Memoirs of the New York Botanical Garden . Volume 7, 1927, p. 257.
  2. ^ Contributions from the Gray Herbarium of Harvard University . Number 155, 1945, pp. 3-4 ( online ).
  3. ↑ Leaves for succulents . Volume 1, Volksdorf 1949, p. 2.
  4. ↑ Lloydia Volume 17, 1954, p. 242.
  5. ^ Gordon Douglas Rowley : A History of Succulent Plants . Mill Valley, 1997, ISBN 0912647160 , p. 361.

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personal data
SURNAME Cárdenas, Martín
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Cárdenas Hermosa, Martín
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Bolivian botanist
DATE OF BIRTH November 12, 1899
PLACE OF BIRTH Cochabamba
DATE OF DEATH February 14, 1973
Place of death Cochabamba