José Antonio Molina Rosito Explained
There are many people named Antonio Molina. See Molina for a partial list.
Antonio Molina Rositto (February 28, 1926, in Tegucigalpa – 23 September 2012), usually known as Antonio Molina, was a Honduran botanist and Professor emeritus at the Zamorano Pan-American School of Agriculture.[1]
Molina discovered over 100 species of native, Honduran flora. One in particular,[2] an orchid named Rhyncholaelia digbyana, was declared the national flower of Honduras (Flor Nacional de Honduras) on 1969 November 26.[3]
Peter Karl Endress named Molinadendron, a particular genus of small evergreen trees, after Molina.[4]
He was married to Albertina de Molina, also a professor at Zamorano.[2] She died on September 18, 2018.
Awards & distinctions
Publications
This list is incomplete.
- Molina R. . A. . 1975 . Enumeración de las plantas de Honduras . Ceiba . 19 . 1.
Notes and References
- News: Cámara Junior y Municipalidad de San Pedro Sula ofrecen homenaje al Profesor Antonio Molina en el Recital de Otoño . 2004-07-14 . Zamonoticias . 2008-06-22 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20050218185645/http://www.zamorano.edu/zamonoticias/2004/logros/molina.htm . February 18, 2005 . es.
- News: Homenaje a científico hondureño: Antonio Molina . El Parnaso . 2008-06-22 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080302032304/http://www.elparnaso.net/secciones/noti-nacionales/homenaje_antonio_molina.html . 2008-03-02 . es . dead .
- Web site: Simbolos Patrios . 2008-06-22. es.
- Quattrocchi . Umberto . 2000 . CRC World Dictionary of Plant Names . CRC Press . 1708– . 0-8493-2677-X . Molinadendron P. K. Endress Hamamelidaceae.
- News: Recital de Otoño: Homenaje a 4 distinguidas personalidades . 2004-08-11 . 2008-06-23. es.
- News: Capítulo Zamorano Gamma Sigma Delta entrega reconocimientos honoríficos . 2006-11-14 . Zamonoticias . 2008-06-22 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080523105827/http://www.zamorano.edu/zamonoticias1/versiones/06/noviembre/gsd.html . 2008-05-23 . es . dead .