Lorenzo Raimundo Parodi

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Lorenzo Raimundo Parodi (born 23 January 1895 in Pergamino, Buenos Aires Province - died 21 April 1966 in Buenos Aires) was an Argentine botanist and agronomist. [1] Parodi studied at the University of Buenos Aires Faculty of Agronomy under Lucien Leon Hauman and in 1926 took Hauman's place as professor of botany. [2]

Several plant genera, have been named in his honour; in 1929, Parodiodoxa , a genus of flowering plants from Argentina, belonging to the family Brassicaceae, [3] then in 1941, Parodianthus , a genus of flowering plants from Argentina belonging to the family Verbenaceae. [4] Followed by in 1969, Parodiodendron , a genus under the family Picrodendraceae, [5] [6] and lastly in 2008, Parodiophyllochloa is a genus of Latin American plants in the grass family. [7]

Authority abbreviation

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

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References

  1. "Academia Nacional de Ciencias - Lorenzo Raimundo Parodi" (in Spanish). National Academy of Sciences of Argentina . Retrieved 24 July 2021.
  2. Arturo Burkart (1967). "The Argentine Botanist Lorenzo Raimundo Parodi (1895-1966)". Taxon . 16 (5): 522–533. ISSN   0040-0262 . Retrieved 24 July 2021.
  3. "Parodiodoxa O.E.Schulz | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 24 May 2021.
  4. "Parodianthus Tronc. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 27 May 2021.
  5. Hunziker, Armando Theodoro. 1969. Kurtziana 5: 331
  6. Tropicos, Parodiodendron Hunz.
  7. Morrone, O., S. S. Denham, S. S. Aliscioni & F. O. Zuloaga. 2008. Parodiophyllochloa, a new genus segregated from Panicum (Paniceae, Poaceae) based on morphological and molecular data. Systematic Botany 33(1): 66–76.
  8. International Plant Names Index.  Parodi.