Miguel Colmeiro Penido
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Born | Miguel Colmeiro y Penido (1816-10-22)22 October 1816 Santiago de Compostela, Spain |
Died | 21 June 1901(1901-06-21) (aged 84) Madrid, Spain |
Board member of | Royal Academy of Sciences and Arts of Barcelona Spanish Royal Academy of Sciences (1860–1901) Real Sociedad Española de Historia Natural (since 1871) Royal National Academy of Medicine |
Seat C of the Real Academia Española | |
In office 11 May 1893 – 21 June 1901 | |
Preceded by | Cristino Martos y Balbí[a] |
Succeeded by | José María Asensio |
Miguel Colmeiro y Penido (22 October 1816–21 June 1901) was a Spanish botanist, and member of the Spanish Royal Academy of Sciences (Real Academia de Ciencias Exactas, Físicas y Naturales).[1][2]
Biography
Colmeiro was born on 22 October 1816 in Santiago de Compostela.[3] He was the rector of the Faculty of Sciences in the Complutense University of Madrid where he later became the Dean. He had been the Director of the Real Jardín Botánico de Madrid, and professor of Phytography and Botanical Geography. He also was a member of the Spanish Royal Academy of Sciences and of the Real Academia Nacional de Medicina de España.
He is known as the author of many notable botanical works. He was one of the founder of the Real Sociedad Española de Historia Natural.[4][5][6] He received the Knight Grand Cross of the Civil Order of María Victoria. He died in Madrid on 21 June 1901.[7][8]
Honors
Eponymous[9][10][11]
- ( Asteraceae ) Cirsium colmeiroanum
- ( Asteraceae ) Hieracium colmeiroanum
- ( Malvaceae ) Malva colmeiroi
- ( Oleaceae ) Phillyrea × colmeiroana
- ( Rhamnaceae ) Rhamnus × colmeiroi
Works
- "Exámen de las encinas y demas árboles de la Península que producen bellotas : con la designacion de los que se llaman mestos" by Colmeiro, Miguel, 1816-1901; Geofrin, José María; Boutelou, Esteban
- "La botánica y los botánicos de la Peninsula Hispano-Lusitana : estudios bibliográficos y biográficos" 1858
- "Enumeración y revisión de las plantas de la península hispano-lusitana e Islas Baleares" 1886-89.
The standard author abbreviation Colmeiro is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.[12]
Notes
- ^ Martos was elected for the position in 1884 but never took the seat
References
- ^ Revista de la Real Academia de Ciencias Exactas, Fisicas y Naturales. Serie A. Matematicas. Springer Science and Business Media LLC. 2013. doi:10.1007/13398.1579-1505.
- ^ "Miguel Colmeiro". Real Academia Española (in Spanish). Retrieved 2021-08-26.
- ^ Just, Th.; Verdoorn, Fr. (1935). "Chronica Botanica". American Midland Naturalist. 16 (6): 968. doi:10.2307/2420238. ISSN 0003-0031. JSTOR 2420238.
- ^ "1872 - Colmeiro y Penido, Miguel - Real Academia Nacional de Medicina". www.ranm.es. Retrieved 2021-08-26.
- ^ "Real Sociedad Española de Historia Natural". www.ranm.es. Archived from the original on 2016-06-03. Retrieved 2021-08-26.
- ^ "Real Sociedad Española de Historia Natural" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2016-06-03. Retrieved 2021-08-26.
- ^ The National Union Catalog, Pre-1956 Imprints. Mansell. 1970. ISBN 9780720100037.
- ^ Library (U.S.), National Agricultural (1967). Dictionary Catalog of the National Agricultural Library. Rowman and Littlefield.
- ^ "Miguel Colmeiro y Penido | Real Academia de la Historia". dbe.rah.es. Retrieved 2021-08-26.
- ^ "International Plant Names Index". www.ipni.org. Retrieved 2021-08-26.
- ^ Coppins, B. J. (1994). "Authors of Fungal Names: A list of authors of scientific names of fungi, with recommended standard forms of their names, including abbreviations. Compiled by P. M. Kirk & A. E. Ansell. [Index of Fungi, Supplement]. Wallingford: C.A.B. International. 1992. pp.95. ISBN 0 85198 833 4. Price £26". The Lichenologist. 26 (1): 102. doi:10.1017/S0024282994000162. ISSN 1096-1135.
- ^ International Plant Names Index. Colmeiro.
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- Gabriel Álvarez de Toledo (1713)
- Alonso Rodríguez Castañón (1717)
- Andrés Fernández Pacheco (1726)
- Francisco Antonio de Angulo (1764)
- Manuel de Lardizábal y Uribe (1775)
- Francisco Martínez de la Rosa (1821)
- Luis González Bravo (1863)
- Antonio de Benavides (1872)
- Cristino Martos y Balbí[1]
- Miguel Colmeiro Penido (1893)
- José María Asensio (1904)
- Antonio Fernández Grilo[2]
- Juan Vázquez de Mella[3]
- Ramón Pérez de Ayala[4]
- Luis Rosales (1964)
- Luis Goytisolo (1995)