Lorenzo Raimundo Parodi Explained

Lorenzo Raimundo Parodi (born 23 January 1895 in Pergamino, Buenos Aires Province - died 21 April 1966 in Buenos Aires) was an Argentine botanist and agronomist.[1] Parodi studied at the University of Buenos Aires Faculty of Agronomy under Lucien Leon Hauman and in 1926 took Hauman's place as professor of botany.[2]

Several plant genera, have been named in his honour; in 1929, Parodiodoxa, a genus of flowering plants from Argentina, belonging to the family Brassicaceae,[3] then in 1941, Parodianthus, a genus of flowering plants from Argentina belonging to the family Verbenaceae.[4] Followed by in 1969, Parodiodendron, a genus under the family Picrodendraceae,[5] [6] and lastly in 2008, Parodiophyllochloa is a genus of Latin American plants in the grass family.[7]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Academia Nacional de Ciencias - Lorenzo Raimundo Parodi . . 24 July 2021 . es.
  2. . The Argentine Botanist Lorenzo Raimundo Parodi (1895-1966) . . 1967 . 16 . 5 . 522–533 . 24 July 2021 . 0040-0262.
  3. Web site: Parodiodoxa O.E.Schulz Plants of the World Online Kew Science . Plants of the World Online . 24 May 2021 . en.
  4. Web site: Parodianthus Tronc. Plants of the World Online Kew Science . Plants of the World Online . 27 May 2021 . en.
  5. Hunziker, Armando Theodoro. 1969. Kurtziana 5: 331
  6. http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40002001 Tropicos, Parodiodendron Hunz.
  7. Morrone, O., S. S. Denham, S. S. Aliscioni & F. O. Zuloaga. 2008. Parodiophyllochloa, a new genus segregated from Panicum (Paniceae, Poaceae) based on morphological and molecular data. Systematic Botany 33(1): 66–76.

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