Kai Larsen Explained

Kai Larsen
Birth Date:	15 November 1925
Birth Place:	Hillerød, Denmark
Death Place:	Denmark
Nationality:	Danish
Fields:	Botany

Kai Larsen (15 November 1926 in Hillerød  - 23 August 2012)^[1] was a Danish botanist.

Kai Larsen was professor of botany (Emeritus from 1-12-1996) at Århus University, Denmark. He was the Danish editor of Flora Nordica, editor of Flora of Thailand, advisor to Flora of China and executive member of Flora Malesiana.

He edited several exsiccatae, among others Flora Germanica exsiccata Schleswig-Holstein.^{[2] [3]}

He was a member of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters.^[4] and the Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters.

Research

• SE Asian flora region, particularly Thailand, Malaysia and Indo-China. Revisions of several families e. g. Caesalpiniaceae, Caryophyllaceae, and Lowiaceae for several of the regional floras.
• Zingiberaceae for Flora of Thailand and Flora Malesiana.

Eponymous species

Some plant names are taxonomic patronyms recognizing his contribution to studying Asian flora.

Genera

• Kailarsenia: a genus in the family Rubiaceae found in Southeast Asia.
• Larsenaikia: a genus in the family Rubiaceae endemic to Australia.^[5] This name is a taxonomic anagram derived from genus Kailarsenia.^[6]
• The generic name Kaisupeea (Gesneriaceae) honours Kai and Supee Larsen.^{[6] [7]}

Species

• Burmannia larseniana D.X.Zhang & R.M.K.Saunders (Burmanniaceae)
• Bauhinia larsenii Y.F. Chen & D.X. Zhang, fossil Leguminosae from southern China^[8]
• Caulokaempferia larsenii Suksathan & Triboun
• Cornukaempferia larsenii Saensouk, Theerakulpisut, & Chantaranothai^[9]
• Curcuma larsenii C. Maknoi & T. Jenjittikul^[10]
• Impatiens larsenii T. Shimizu^[11]
• Kaempferia larsenii Sirirugsa
• Mouretia larsenii Tange
• Zingiber larsenii Theilade

Notes and References

1. Web site: Botanist • K.Larsen In Memoriam: Kai Larsen, 1926-2012 . Species New to Science . 31 August 2012 . pskhun . 13 November 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141007000806/http://novataxa.blogspot.com/2012/08/kai-larsen-1926-2012.html . 7 October 2014 . live.
2. Web site: Flora Germanica exsiccata Schleswig-Holstein: IndExs ExsiccataID=1618637567 . IndExs – Index of Exsiccatae . Botanische Staatssammlung München . 13 August 2024.
3. Triebel, D. & Scholz, P. 2001–2024 IndExs – Index of Exsiccatae. Botanische Staatssammlung München: http://indexs.botanischestaatssammlung.de. – München, Germany.
4. Web site: Gruppe 5: Biologi . Det Norske Videnskaps-Akademi . . Norwegian . 27 September 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110927170856/https://dnva.no/c26849/artikkel/vis.html?tid=40124 . dead.
5. Larsenaikia, a new genus of the Rubiaceae from Australia . 1993 . Tirvengadum . D. D. . Nordic Journal of Botany . 13 . 2 . 175–184 . 10.1111/j.1756-1051.1993.tb00034.x .
6. Book: Burkhardt, Lotte . Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen - Erweiterte Edition. Index of Eponymic Plant Names - Extended Edition. Index de Noms éponymiques des Plantes - Édition augmentée . 2018-06-06 . Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin, Freie Universität Berlin . L13 . 978-3-946292-26-5 . de . 10.3372/epolist2018 . 187926901 .
7. Web site: Kaisupeea B.L.Burtt Plants of the World Online Kew Science . Plants of the World Online . 16 May 2021 . en.
8. Bauhinia larsenii, a fossil legume from Guangxi, China . 2005 . Chen . YUN-FA . Zhang . Dian-Xiang . Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society . 147 . 4 . 437–440 . 10.1111/j.1095-8339.2005.00373.x .
9. Saensouk . Piyaporn . Theerakulpisut . Piyada . Chantaranothai . Pranom . Cornukaempferia larsenii sp. nov. (Zingiberaceae): A New Species from Thailand . The Natural History Journal of Chulalongkorn University . 2007 . 7 . 2 . 115–119.
10. Maknoi . Charun . Jenjittikul . Taya . A New Species of Curcuma L. (Zingiberaceae) from Southeast Asia . Gardens' Bulletin Singapore . 2006 . 58 . 4146 .
11. Shimizu . Tatemi . Some additional notes on Impatiens(Balsaminaceae) of Thailand . Acta Phytotaxonomica et Geobotanica . 1977 . 28 . 10.18942/bunruichiri.KJ00003217437.