Fortunato Luciano Herrera Garmendia, Peruvian botanist, ethnographer, historian, geographer and mineralogist (Cusco 13 December 1873 – Lima 13 April 1945) Authored over 200 papers and 20 books Proposed the use of Krameria triantha natural products Authored Contribución a la flora del Departamento del Cusco (1921), with native synonyms, varieties of food plants and notes of ethnological and historical character With Russian Y. Yakovlev authored the monumental work El mundo vegetal de los antiguos peruanos (1934), describing the uses of plants in the arts and daily life of old civilizations in Peru (with international repercussion) DESCRIBED VALID PLANTAE TAXA Genera Aliconia 1921 Hemifuchsia 1936 Species Aliconia guaco 1921 Cantua hibrida 1921 Cassia florifera 1921 Hemifuchsia yodostoma 1936 Mentha muna 1921 HONOURS Auxilliary Member, Academie Internationale de Botanique, Le Mans, France Genus Fortunatia Mcbride 1931 (Asparagaceae) About 50 plant species bears his name LINKS |
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