Luis Enrique Ruiz-Terán, Venezuelan botanical explorer and pharmacist (Mucuchíes, Rangel District, Mérida 10 June 1923 – Mérida 18 February 1979)

DESCRIBED PLANTAE SPECIES

Carramboa wurdackii 1976 with López Figueras

Justicia odonellii 1976 with De Marco

Libanothamnus griffinii 1976 with López Figueras

Monticalia masonhalei 1981 with López Figueras

Ruilopezia cuatrecasasii 1974 with López Figueras

Ruilopezia lopez-palacii 1976 with López Figueras

HONORS

Ruizanthus Schuster 1978 (Hepaticae)

Ruizterania Marcano-Berti 1969 (Vochysiaceae)

Ruilopezia Cuatrecasas 1976 (Asteraceae)

Ruizgenin, a steroidal sapogenin diol