Rudolph Amandus Philippi, German-born Chilean naturalist (Charlottenburg, Berlin 14 September 1808 – Santiago de Chile 23 July 1904)

Authored 453 works

DESCRIBED TAXA

PLANTAE

Valid Genera

44

Species

1017 (50 of them are Pteridophyta)

Fungi

Species

3

ANIMALIA

Invertebrata

Genera

Diptera

51

Coleoptera

14

Hymenoptera

7

Orthoptera

4

Lepidoptera

3

Hemiptera

2

Mollusca

43

Crustacea

17

Coelenterata

7

Polychaeta

5

Hirudinea

3

Echinodermata

2

Pantopoda

2

Arachnida

1

Tunicata

1

Valid Vertebrata 

Mammalia

Species

9

Subspecies

9

Aves

Species

13

Subspecies

11

Reptilia

Species

3

Amphibia

Species

6

Pisces

Genus

Genypterus 1857

Species

14

HONORS

Philippiella Spegazzini 1897 (Caryophyllaceae)

Philippia Gray 1845 (Mollusca),

Philippius Germain 1895 (Coleoptera)

Philippomolpus Monrós 1952 (Coleoptera)

Philippimyia Shannon 1926 (Diptera) 

Philippites Diener 1905 (Fossil Mollusca) 

 

His son, Friedrich Heinrich Eunom Philippi, German-born Chilean botanist (Naples, Italy 16 December 1838 – Santiago 16 January 1910)

Authored 109 works

Described the valid genera Thamnoseris 1875 (Asteraceae) and Lampayo 1889 (Verbenaceae) and 83 plant species