Joseph Halda

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Josef Halda
Born (1943-12-07) 7 December 1943 (age 81)
NationalityCzech
Occupation(s) horticulturist and botanist
Scientific career
Author abbrev. (botany) Halda

Josef Jakob Halda (born 7 December 1943) is a Czech botanist who worked at the Institute of Botany of the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic. He became a member of the Czech Botanical Society in 1987. He studied the flora of the Czech Republic and made a number of expeditions to Mexico. As a scientist, he studied the taxonomy of genera Paeonia , Daphne and Haworthia . He also published popular books such as The genus Primula in cultivation and the wild, which was illustrated by his wife Jarmila Haldová. He proposed new names and combinations such as Begonia jarmilae and Conophytum jarmilae (after his wife), [1] Gentiana arethusae subsp. delicatula(C.Marquand) Halda and ×JankaendronHalda.

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Later, he collected seeds of primarily alpine plants across Europe and Asia, which he sold to gardeners throughout the world. [2]

Publications

The standard author abbreviation Halda is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name. [3]

Science articles

References

  1. ↑ Eggli, Urs; Newton, Leonard E. (2013). Etymological Dictionary of Succulent Plant Names. Springer Science & Business Media. p. 266. ISBN   3662071258.
  2. ↑ "The Genus Paeonia". Timber Press. Retrieved 2016-08-01.
  3. ↑ International Plant Names Index.  Halda.


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