Joseph Edward Laferrière Explained
| Joseph Edward Laferrière |
| Birth Date: | 1955 |
| Nationality: | American |
| Education: | University of Arizona |
| Fields: | Botany |
| Author Abbrev Bot: | Laferr. |
Joseph Edward Laferrière (born 1955)[1] is an American botanist with a particular interest in ethnobotany.
He obtained his Ph.D. from the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at the University of Arizona in 1991 with a dissertation titled "Optimal use of ethnobotanical resources by the Mountain Pima of Chihuahua, Mexico".[2] [3] Among other institutions, he has held professional positions at Washington State University,[4] Biosphere 2,[5] and the Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Morelos (in Cuernavaca, Mexico).[6]
He is the author or co-author of the botanical names of some 120 taxa, including Berberis pimana, Hymenocallis clivorum, Hymenocallis pimana, Laennecia pimana, Pectis pimana, Prionosciadium saraviki, and Yucca declinata.[7]
Notes and References
- Web site: HUH Botanist Record . Harvard University Herbaria (online) . 2014-05-11 .
- Hays . Terence E. . Laferrière . Joseph E. . Recent Doctoral Dissertations of Interest to Ethnobiologists: Fall 1991 to Fall 1992 . Journal of Ethnobiology . 1992 . 12 . 2 . 213–224 . 2014-05-11 . p. 219.
- http://arizona.openrepository.com/arizona/bitstream/10150/185519/1/azu_td_9136850_sip1_m.pdf Laferriere, J.E. 1991. Optimal Use of Ethnobotanical Resources by the Mountain Pima of Chihuahua, Mexico. PhD Dissertation, University of Arizona.
- Laferrière . Joseph . Notes on Economic Plants . Economic Botany . 1992 . 46 . 1 . 112–116 . 10.1007/BF02985259 . 34408739 .
- Laferrière . Joseph E. . 1995 . Nomenclature and type specimens in Eustrephus and Geitonoplesium (Geitonoplesiaceae) . Austrobaileya . 4 . 3 . 391–399 . 41738875 .
- Marroquín . Jorge S. . Laferrière . Joseph . Transfer of Specific and Infraspecific Taxa from Mahonia to Berberis . Journal of the Arizona-Nevada Academy of Science . 1997 . 46 . 1 . 53–55 . 40022442 .
- Web site: IPNI Plant Name Query Results for 'Laferr.' . The International Plant Names Index . 2014-05-11 . (Eliminating duplicate taxa in this list.)
