Kai Larsen (15 November 1926 in Hillerød – 23 August 2012)[1] was a Danish botanist.
Kai Larsen was professor of botany (Emeritus from 1-12-1996) 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.
The standard author abbreviation K.Larsen is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.[3]
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 genus in the family Rubiaceae found in Southeast Asia.[4]
- Larsenaikia: a genus in the family Rubiaceae endemic to Australia.[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.[5][6]
Species
- Burmannia larseniana D.X.Zhang & R.M.K.Saunders (Burmanniaceae)
- Bauhinia larsenii Y.F. Chen & D.X. Zhang, fossil Leguminosae from southern China[7]
- Caulokaempferia larsenii Suksathan & Triboun
- Cornukaempferia larsenii Saensouk, Theerakulpisut, & Chantaranothai[8]
- Curcuma larsenii C. Maknoi & T. Jenjittikul[9]
- Impatiens larsenii T. Shimizu[10]
- Kaempferia larsenii Sirirugsa
- Mouretia larsenii Tange
- Zingiber larsenii Theilade
References
- ^ "Botanist • K.Larsen | In Memoriam: Kai Larsen, 1926-2012". Species New to Science. pskhun. 31 August 2012. Archived from the original on 7 October 2014. Retrieved 13 November 2012.
- ^ "Gruppe 5: Biologi". Det Norske Videnskaps-Akademi (in Norwegian). Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters. Archived from the original on 27 September 2011.
- ^ International Plant Names Index. K.Larsen.
- ^ a b Tirvengadum, D. D. (1993). "Larsenaikia, a new genus of the Rubiaceae from Australia". Nordic Journal of Botany. 13 (2): 175–184. doi:10.1111/j.1756-1051.1993.tb00034.x.
- ^ a b 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. S2CID 187926901.
- ^ "Kaisupeea B.L.Burtt | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 16 May 2021.
- ^ Chen, YUN-FA; Zhang, Dian-Xiang (2005). "Bauhinia larsenii, a fossil legume from Guangxi, China". Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society. 147 (4): 437–440. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8339.2005.00373.x.
- ^ Saensouk, Piyaporn; Theerakulpisut, Piyada; Chantaranothai, Pranom (2007). "Cornukaempferia larsenii sp. nov. (Zingiberaceae): A New Species from Thailand". The Natural History Journal of Chulalongkorn University. 7 (2): 115–119.
- ^ Maknoi, Charun; Jenjittikul, Taya (2006). "A New Species of Curcuma L. (Zingiberaceae) from Southeast Asia" (PDF). Gardens' Bulletin Singapore. 58: 4146.
- ^ Shimizu, Tatemi (1977). "Some additional notes on Impatiens(Balsaminaceae) of Thailand". Acta Phytotaxonomica et Geobotanica. 28. doi:10.18942/bunruichiri.KJ00003217437.
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