Hepper, (Frank) Nigel (1929–2013), botanist and plant taxonomist

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ghillean T. Prance
Keyword(s):  
Plant Taxonomist

Biography of I. John Bassett (1921-): Canadian aerobiologist and plant taxonomist

Aerobiologia ◽  
1994 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 5-9
Author(s):  
Clifford W. Crompton
Keyword(s):  
Plant Taxonomist

Mediterranean conservation as viewed by a plant taxonomist

Webbia ◽  
1979 ◽  
Vol 34 (1) ◽  
pp. 87-99 ◽  
Author(s):  
Werner Greuter
Keyword(s):  
Plant Taxonomist

scholarly journals Professor Marta Mizianty – a plant taxonomist and cytologist

2012 ◽  
Vol 25 (1) ◽  
pp. 3-6
Author(s):  
Bogdan Jackowiak ◽  
Waldemar Żukowski
Keyword(s):  
Plant Taxonomist

Pakshirajan Lakshminarasimhan: a plant taxonomist who loved plants and people alike

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (10) ◽  
pp. 16195-16203
Author(s):  
Mandar N. Datar
Keyword(s):  
Plant Taxonomist

Rehabilitating Botany in the Postwar Moment: National Promise and the Encyclopedism of Eduardo Quisumbing’s Medicinal Plants of the Philippines (1951)

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 33-67
Author(s):  
Kathleen Cruz Gutierrez
Keyword(s):  
Medicinal Plants ◽  
Public Support ◽  
The Philippines ◽  
World War ◽  
Medicinal Uses ◽  
Medical Botany ◽  
Academic Publications ◽  
Plant Taxonomist ◽  
National Reconstruction ◽  
Intellectual Knowledge

Abstract In 1951, plant taxonomist Eduardo Quisumbing published Medicinal Plants of the Philippines, a 1,234–page volume on the palliative and curative applications of Philippine flora. Considered the standard contemporary reference on medical botany, Quisumbing’s work has informed generations of human scientists, botanists, and chemists from the archipelago. This paper, however, poses the question: What did Quisumbing, a trained orchidist, have to do with such a wide-ranging postwar publication—one quite distant from his scientific specialization—that would be (mistakenly) remembered as his magnum opus? Through a close reading of the text informed by the work’s intertextuality and Quisumbing’s personal archive, I argue that Medicinal Plants of the Philippines captures a type of encyclopedism undertaken in order to recuperate Manila’s Bureau of Science following World War ii. This encyclopedism speaks to the book’s curious character: strictly speaking, it is neither a pharmacopoeia nor a flora. Instead, it is a compendium of principally invasive species and their medicinal uses around the world that draws from over 630 academic publications. Caught within the tangle of postwar national reconstruction efforts, Quisumbing’s book evidences a considerable investment in intellectual knowledge production to assert the country’s newfound independence while shoring up public support for Philippine botanic and scientific research.

scholarly journals Professor Karol Latowski – plant taxonomist, carpologist and geobotanist

2014 ◽  
Vol 35 (1) ◽  
pp. 5-8
Author(s):  
Bogdan Jackowiak ◽  
Waldemar Żukowski
Keyword(s):  
Plant Taxonomist

Plant taxonomist

Brittonia ◽  
1978 ◽  
Vol 30 (2) ◽  
pp. 264-264
Keyword(s):  
Plant Taxonomist

Cladistics for the Practicing Plant Taxonomist

1978 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 159 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vicki A. Funk ◽  
Tod F. Stuessy
Keyword(s):  
Plant Taxonomist

scholarly journals MEDICINAL PLANTS OF SELECTED WETLANDS IN PANNISSERY AREA, THRISSUR DISTRICT, KERALA–A PRELIMINARY SURVEY

2019 ◽  
pp. 76-80
Author(s):  
K. R. ATHIRA
Keyword(s):  
Medicinal Plants ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Local Community ◽  
Economic Loss ◽  
Preliminary Survey ◽  
Preliminary Step ◽  
Traditional Medicines ◽  
Plant Taxonomist ◽  
Medicinal Properties ◽  
Slight Alteration

Objective: Wetlands are vital ecosystem which provides livelihoods for millions of people who live within around them. Man depends on wetlands for most of his needs from time immemorial. The present study is a preliminary step for the identification of valuable medicinal plants in the wetlands of Pannissery area. This attempt was made since it is equally important to understand the traditional medicines and beliefs as well as to have scientific awareness for protection and conservation of the sewetlands. Methods: Frequent field visits were carried out from September 2018 to January 2019 to collect different Wetland medicinal plants in Pannissery area, Kandanassery Panchayath, Thrissur district. Plants were collected carefully with hand and identified by using the standard literature such as Flora of the Presidency of Madras by J. S. Gamble, 1915-1936. The collected plants were authenticated by a plant Taxonomist Dr. Udayan. P. S. from the Post Graduate and Research Department of Botany, Sree Krishna College, Guruvayur. Results: A slight alteration of the wetland may result in the disappearance or the extinction of these plants [1]. Conclusion: This will ultimately result in large scale economic loss in terms of the medicinal product. Apart from the loss of plants, this will also result in the loss of local knowledge on the medicinal properties of these plants which very often can't be retrieved. An attempt has been made to document some of the little known medicinal properties of wetland plants used by local community.

scholarly journals Ethnomedicinal Uses of Fabaceae Species for Respiratory Infections and Related Symptoms in the Limpopo Province, South Africa -

2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 219-229
Author(s):  
Sebua Silas Semenya   ◽  
Alfred Maroyi
Keyword(s):  
Plant Species ◽  
Respiratory Infections ◽  
Biological Activities ◽  
Herbal Medicines ◽  
Traditional Healers ◽  
Limpopo Province ◽  
Acacia Senegal ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Plant Taxonomist ◽  
The University

Purpose: The present study investigated utilisation of Fabaceae species as herbal medicines for respiratory infections and related symptoms in the Limpopo Province, South Africa.Methods: Information on Fabaceae species used as herbal medicines against respiratory infections was gathered using semi-structured questionnaires during face-to-face interviews with 240 Pedi speaking traditional healers (THs) from May to July 2017. Voucher specimens of utilized plant species were collected and their identities and scientific names authenticated by a plant taxonomist at the University of Limpopo’s Larry Leach Herbarium.Results: Twenty-five plant species belonging to 16 genera were used by THs in treating 13 respiratory infections. Majority of the species (64.0%, n=16) were multi-used while 36.0% (n=9) treated a single condition each. Plants which showed the highest fidelity level (FL) scores included Acacia senegal (chronic cough=FL; 32.8, chest pain=FL; 32.8, tuberculosis=FL; 32.8), Dichrostachys cinerea (tuberculosis= FL; 100) and Acacia erioloba (pneumonia=FL; 92.7). These species were also characterized by high use value (UV) indices of 2.5, 0.82 and 0.58, respectively.Conclusion: Some of the plants recorded in this study are reported in literature to have potent biological activities against diverse pathogens which cause respiratory infections and perceived symptoms.

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