Elsa Matilde Zardini Explained
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Elsa Matilde Zardini (1949-2020) was an Argentinian/Paraguayan botanist, teacher, curator, and explorer. She made botanical expeditions in the US, Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay. Three botanical taxon names were authored by Zardini. Her specialization was the flora of the Plata basin, with an emphasis on that of Paraguay.
Early life and education
In 1973 Zardini earned a master's degree in Science, and in 1974 a PhD, both at the National University of La Plata in Buenos Aires, Argentina.[1]
Career
Zardini was one of the disciples of the Argentinian botanist Ángel Lulio Cabrera[2] among them: Genoveva Dawson,[3] Otto Solbrig,[4] Jorge Morello,[5] Humberto A. Fabris (1924-1976), Delia Abbiatti,[6] Noemí Correa,[7] Delia Añón Suárez,[8] Cristina Orsi,[9] Amelia Torres, Aída Pontiroli, Jorge Crisci, Roberto Kiesling and Fernando Zuloaga.[10] 2011: she became associate curator of the Missouri Botanical Garden.[11] Spermatophytes was an area of interest for her.[12]
Publications
Flora of the Guianas Onagraceae. . Zardini, Elsa M,j. Jansen-Jacobs, peter h. Raven. 1991.e. Vol. 10. Ed. Koeltz[13] [14]
American Cucurbitaceae useful to man: Whitaker, Thomas of the United States Department of Agriculture, Zardini, E.M. La Plata, October 7 to 14, 1980. Ed. Province of Buenos Aires Commission of Investigations Scientists,
She died in 2020.[15]
Plants named by Zardini
Zardini named the plant taxa Lulia, Lulia nervosa, and Trichocline deserticola.
Notes and References
- Web site: Global Plants. Brumitt. R.K.. Natural History Museum. 22 October 2019.
- Book: Spegazzini, Crios. Flora of the Buenos Aires area / Flora de la provincia de buenos aires.. Nabu Press. 2010. 978-1149375891. [Place of publication not identified]. 945912034.
- Book: Molina, José Antonio. Applied Botany Botánica aplicada. 2019. 9788416898756. Madrid. 1103679403 . Dextra.
- Book: Solbrig, Otto Thomas.. So shall you reap : farming and crops in human affairs. 1994. Island Press. Solbrig, Dorothy J., 1945-. 1559633085. Washington, D.C.. 29428204.
- Book: Morello, Jorge. Ecological profile of South America /Perfil ecológico de Sudamérica. Ediciones Cultura Hispánica, Instituto de Cooperación Iberoamericana. Martínez, Jesús Manuel.. 1984. 8472323404. [Madrid]. 13642551.
- Web site: Abbiatti, Delia (1918-) on JSTOR. Natural History Museum. plants.jstor.org. 27 October 2019.
- Correa. Maevia Noemí. 1955. Argentinian orchids, Las orquídeas argentinas de la Tribu Polychondreae Schlechter: Subtribu Spiranthinae Pfitzer. Darwiniana. 11. 1. 24–88. 0011-6793. 23211918.
- Lorenzo. Chiara Di. Ceschi . Alessandro. Kupferschmidt. Hugo. Lüde. Saskia. Nascimento. Elizabeth De Souza. Santos. Ariana Dos . Colombo. Francesca. Frigerio. Gianfranco. Nørby. Karin. Plumb. Jenny. Finglas. Paul. April 2015. Adverse effects of plant food supplements and botanical preparations: a systematic review with critical evaluation of causality. British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology . 79. 4. 578–592. 10.1111/bcp.12519. 1365-2125. 4386943. 25251944.
- Landrum. Leslie R.. 1999. Revision of Berberis (Berberidaceae) in Chile and Adjacent Southern Argentina. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden. 86. 4. 793–834. 10.2307/2666170. 2666170.
- Book: Catálogo de la familia Poaceae en la República Argentina. 1994. Missouri Botanical Garden. Zuloaga, Fernando O.. 0915279215. St. Louis . 30083456.
- Book: A world of plants : the Missouri Botanical Garden . Bry, Charlene . 1989. Abrams . Crosby, Marshall R. . Loewer, H. Peter . 0810917726. New York. 19270680. registration.
- Web site: International Plant Names Index. 1984. International Plant Names Index. 27 October 2019.
- Book: Flora of the Guianas / Series A. Phanerogams. Fasc. 10, 98. Onagraceae.. 1991. Koeltz Scientific Books. Zardini, Elsa M.. 3874293270. Königstein. 311339576.
- Salomón. Luciana. Sklenář. Petr. Freire. Susana E.. 2018-02-21. Synopsis of Senecio series Culcitium (Asteraceae: Senecioneae, Senecioninae) in the Andean region of South America. Phytotaxa. en. 340. 1. 1–47. 10.11646/phytotaxa.340.1.1. 1179-3163. 11336/97275. free.
- Web site: Index of Botanists: Zardini, Elsa Matilde . Harvard University Herbaria & Libraries . 28 March 2023 . en.