Miguel Colmeiro Penido Explained

Miguel Colmeiro
Boards:	Royal Academy of Sciences and Arts of Barcelona Spanish Royal Academy of Sciences (1860–1901) Real Sociedad Española de Historia Natural (since 1871) Royal National Academy of Medicine
Birth Name:	Miguel Colmeiro y Penido
Birth Date:	22 October 1816
Birth Place:	Santiago de Compostela, Spain
Death Place:	Madrid, Spain
Module:	Embed: yes Office: Seat C of the Real Academia Española Term Start: 11 May 1893 Term End: 21 June 1901 Successor: José María Asensio

Miguel Colmeiro y Penido (22 October 1816–21 June 1901) was a Spanish botanist, and member of the Spanish Royal Academy of Sciences (Real Academia de Ciencias Exactas, Físicas y Naturales).^{[1] [2]}

Biography

Colmeiro was born on 22 October 1816 in Santiago de Compostela.^[3] He was the rector of the Faculty of Sciences in the Complutense University of Madrid where he later became the Dean. He had been the Director of the Real Jardín Botánico de Madrid, and professor of Phytography and Botanical Geography. He also was a member of the Spanish Royal Academy of Sciences and of the Real Academia Nacional de Medicina de España.

He is known as the author of many notable botanical works. He was one of the founder of the Real Sociedad Española de Historia Natural.^{[4] [5] [6]} He received the Knight Grand Cross of the Civil Order of María Victoria. He died in Madrid on 21 June 1901.^{[7] [8]}

Honors

Eponymous^{[9] [10] [11]}

• (Asteraceae) Cirsium colmeiroanum
• (Asteraceae) Hieracium colmeiroanum
• (Malvaceae) Malva colmeiroi
• (Oleaceae) Phillyrea × colmeiroana
• (Rhamnaceae) Rhamnus × colmeiroi

Works

• "Exámen de las encinas y demas árboles de la Península que producen bellotas : con la designacion de los que se llaman mestos" by Colmeiro, Miguel, 1816-1901; Geofrin, José María; Boutelou, Esteban
• "La botánica y los botánicos de la Peninsula Hispano-Lusitana : estudios bibliográficos y biográficos" 1858
• "Enumeración y revisión de las plantas de la península hispano-lusitana e Islas Baleares" 1886-89.

Notes and References

1. Book: Revista de la Real Academia de Ciencias Exactas, Fisicas y Naturales. Serie A. Matematicas. 2013. Springer Science and Business Media LLC. 10.1007/13398.1579-1505.
2. Web site: Miguel Colmeiro. 2021-08-26. Real Academia Española. es.
3. Just. Th.. Verdoorn. Fr.. Chronica Botanica. American Midland Naturalist. 1935. 16. 6. 968. 10.2307/2420238. 2420238. 0003-0031.
4. Web site: 1872 - Colmeiro y Penido, Miguel - Real Academia Nacional de Medicina. 2021-08-26. www.ranm.es.
5. Web site: Real Sociedad Española de Historia Natural. 2021-08-26. www.ranm.es. https://web.archive.org/web/20160603181149/http://historia.bio.ucm.es/rsehn/index.php?d=23. 2016-06-03.
6. Web site: Real Sociedad Española de Historia Natural. 2021-08-26. https://web.archive.org/web/20160603181149/http://historia.bio.ucm.es/rsehn/index.php?d=23. 2016-06-03. es.
7. Book: The National Union Catalog, Pre-1956 Imprints. 1970. Mansell. 9780720100037.
8. Book: Library (U.S.), National Agricultural. Dictionary Catalog of the National Agricultural Library. 1967. Rowman and Littlefield. en.
9. Web site: Miguel Colmeiro y Penido Real Academia de la Historia. 2021-08-26. dbe.rah.es.
10. Web site: International Plant Names Index. 2021-08-26. www.ipni.org.
11. Coppins. B. J.. Authors of Fungal Names: A list of authors of scientific names of fungi, with recommended standard forms of their names, including abbreviations. Compiled by P. M. Kirk & A. E. Ansell. [Index of Fungi, Supplement]. Wallingford: C.A.B. International. 1992. pp.95. ISBN 0 85198 833 4. Price £26.]. The Lichenologist. 1994. en. 26. 1. 102. 10.1017/S0024282994000162. 1096-1135.