Joseph Edward Laferrière

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Joseph Edward Laferrière
Born 1955
Nationality American
Scientific career
Fields Botany
Author abbrev. (botany) Laferr.

Joseph Edward Laferrière (born 1955) [1] is an American botanist with a particular interest in ethnobotany.

He obtained his Ph.D. from the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at the University of Arizona in 1991 with a dissertation entitled "Optimal use of ethnobotanical resources by the Mountain Pima of Chihuahua, Mexico". [2] [3] Among other institutions, he has held professional positions at Washington State University, [4] Biosphere 2, [5] and the Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Morelos (in Cuernavaca, Mexico). [6]

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He is the author or co-author of the botanical names of some 120 taxa, including Berberis pimana, Hymenocallis clivorum, Hymenocallis pimana, Laennecia pimana, Pectis pimana, Prionosciadium saraviki , and Yucca declinata . [7]

Berberis pimana is a species of the genus Berberis in the family Berberidaceae. It is native to a mountainous region of the Sierra Madre Occidental in the Mexican states of Chihuahua and Sonora.

Hymenocallis clivorum is a member of the genus Hymenocallis, of the plant family Amaryllidaceae. It is native to the southern part of the Mexican state of Sonora.

<i>Hymenocallis pimana</i> species of plant

Hymenocallis pimana is a member of the genus Hymenocallis, in the family Amaryllidaceae. Common name in English is Pima spider-lily; in Spanish it is cebollín. It is endemic to a small mountainous region in the Sierra Madre Occidental, straddling the Mexican states of Chihuahua and Sonora. Many of the people of the region are of the indigenous group known as the Mountain Pima or Pima Bajo.

The standard author abbreviation Laferr. is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name. [8]

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Prunus gentryi is a species of wild cherry in the genus Prunus, family Rosaceae, native to the Mexican states of Chihuahua and Sonora. It grows along streambanks in mountainous regions of the Sierra Madre Occidental. The scientific description was published in 1937.

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References

  1. ↑ "HUH Botanist Record". Harvard University Herbaria (online). Retrieved 2014-05-11.
  2. ↑ Hays, Terence E.; Laferrière, Joseph E. (1992). "Recent Doctoral Dissertations of Interest to Ethnobiologists: Fall 1991 to Fall 1992" (PDF). Journal of Ethnobiology. 12 (2): 213–224. Retrieved 2014-05-11. p. 219.
  3. ↑ Laferriere, J.E. 1991. Optimal Use of Ethnobotanical Resources by the Mountain Pima of Chihuahua, Mexico. PhD Dissertation, University of Arizona.
  4. ↑ Laferrière, Joseph (1992). "Notes on Economic Plants". Economic Botany. 46 (1): 112–116. doi:10.1007/BF02985259.
  5. ↑ Laferrière, Joseph E. (1995). "Nomenclature and type specimens in Eustrephus and Geitonoplesium (Geitonoplesiaceae)". Austrobaileya. 4 (3): 391–399. JSTOR   41738875.
  6. ↑ Marroquín, Jorge S.; Laferrière, Joseph (1997). "Transfer of Specific and Infraspecific Taxa from Mahonia to Berberis". Journal of the Arizona-Nevada Academy of Science. 46 (1): 53–55. JSTOR   40022442.
  7. ↑ "IPNI Plant Name Query Results for 'Laferr.'". The International Plant Names Index. Retrieved 2014-05-11. (Eliminating duplicate taxa in this list.)
  8. ↑ IPNI.  Laferr.

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