Kai Larsen
Kai Larsen | |
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| Born | 15 November 1925 |
| Died | 23 August 2012 (aged 86) Denmark |
| Nationality | Danish |
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| 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 December 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 was a member of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters.[2] 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 fragrant plant from the family Rubiaceae that can be found in Southeast Asia.[4]
- Larsenaikia: once endemic Australian species of Gardenia in the family Rubiaceae.[4] This name is a taxonomic anagram derived from genus Kailarsenia.[5]
- The generic name Kaisupeea B.L. Burtt (Gesneriaceae) honours Kai and Supee Larsen.
Species[]
- D.X.Zhang & R.M.K.Saunders (Burmanniaceae)
- Y.F. Chen & D.X. Zhang, fossil Leguminosae from southern China[6]
- Suksathan & Triboun
- Cornukaempferia larsenii Saensouk, Theerakulpisut, & Chantaranothai[7]
- C. Maknoi & T. Jenjittikul[8]
- T. Shimizu[9]
- Sirirugsa
- Tange
- Theilade
References[]
- ^ In memoriam: Kai Larsen (2012). Species New to Science. Retrieved 2012-11-13.
- ^ "Gruppe 5: Biologi" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters. Retrieved 7 October 2010.
- ^ IPNI. K.Larsen.
- ^ Jump up to: a b Tirvengadum, D. D. 1993. Larsenaikia, a new genus of the Rubiaceae from Australia. Nordic J. Bot. 13:175–184. doi:10.1111/j.1756-1051.1993.tb00034.x
- ^ Burkhardt, Lotte (2018-06-06). Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen - Erweiterte Edition. Index of Eponymic Plant Names - Extended Edition. Index de Noms éponymiques des Plantes - Édition augmentée (in German). Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin, Freie Universität Berlin. p. L13. doi:10.3372/epolist2018. ISBN 978-3-946292-26-5.
- ^ Chen, Y. F. & Zhang, D. X. 2005 , a fossil legume from Guangxi. Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 147: 437-440. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8339.2005.00373.x
- ^ Saensouk, P., Theerakulpisut, P., & Chantaranothai, P. 2007. Cornukaempferia larsenii sp. nov. (Zingiberaceae): a new species from Thailand. The Natural History of Chulalongkorn University. 7: 169–173.
- ^ Maknoi, C. (2006). A new species of Curcuma L. (Zingiberaceae) from Southeast Asia. In: Gardens' Bulletin (Singapore) 58(1): 41-46, ISSN 0374-7859, CODEN GABUAV.
- ^ Shimizu, T. 1977. Some addition notes on Impatiens (Balsaminaceae) of Thailand. Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 28 (1-3): 31-34.
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