Pierre Pena
Pierre Pena (* around 1520/1535; † around 1600/1605), also Petrus Pena , was a French doctor and botanist . Its official botanical author abbreviation is " Pena ".
Pierre Pena was Matthias de L'Obel's assistant and Heinrich III's doctor .
Honor taxon
Charles Plumier named a genus Penaea in his honor . Carl von Linné later did not take over this genus, but placed it in the genus Polygala of the finial family (Polygalaceae).
Individual evidence
- ^ Charles Plumier: Nova Plantarum Americanarum Genera . Leiden 1703, p. 31.
- ^ Carl von Linné: Critica Botanica . Leiden 1737, p. 94.
- ↑ Carl von Linné: Genera Plantarum . Leiden 1742, p. 340.
Web links
- Author entry and list of the described plant names for Pierre Pena at the IPNI
- Online edition of Stirpium adversaria nova in the Camena project
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Pena, Pierre |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Pena, Peter |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French doctor and botanist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | around 1520 or around 1535 |
| DATE OF DEATH | around 1600 or around 1605 |