Lorenzo Raimundo Parodi (born 23 January 1895 in Pergamino, Buenos Aires Province - died 21 April 1966 in Buenos Aires) was an Argentine botanist and agronomist.[1] Parodi studied at the University of Buenos Aires Faculty of Agronomy under Lucien Leon Hauman and in 1926 took Hauman's place as professor of botany.[2]
Several plant genera, have been named in his honour; in 1929, Parodiodoxa, a genus of flowering plants from Argentina, belonging to the family Brassicaceae,[3] then in 1941, Parodianthus, a genus of flowering plants from Argentina belonging to the family Verbenaceae.[4] Followed by in 1969, Parodiodendron, a genus under the family Picrodendraceae,[5][6] and lastly in 2008, Parodiophyllochloa is a genus of Latin American plants in the grass family.[7]
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- ^ "Academia Nacional de Ciencias - Lorenzo Raimundo Parodi" (in Spanish). National Academy of Sciences of Argentina. Retrieved 24 July 2021.
- ^ Arturo Burkart (1967). "The Argentine Botanist Lorenzo Raimundo Parodi (1895-1966)". Taxon. 16 (5): 522–533. ISSN 0040-0262. Retrieved 24 July 2021.
- ^ "Parodiodoxa O.E.Schulz | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 24 May 2021.
- ^ "Parodianthus Tronc. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 27 May 2021.
- ^ Hunziker, Armando Theodoro. 1969. Kurtziana 5: 331
- ^ Tropicos, Parodiodendron Hunz.
- ^ Morrone, O., S. S. Denham, S. S. Aliscioni & F. O. Zuloaga. 2008. Parodiophyllochloa, a new genus segregated from Panicum (Paniceae, Poaceae) based on morphological and molecular data. Systematic Botany 33(1): 66–76.
- ^ International Plant Names Index. Parodi.
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