Miguel Colmeiro Penido

Miguel Colmeiro y Penido (22 October 1816–21 June 1901) was a Spanish botanist, and member of the Spanish Royal Academy of Sciences (Real Academia de Ciencias Exactas, Físicas y Naturales).[1][2]

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Colmeiro and the second or maternal family name is Penido.
Miguel Colmeiro
Born
Miguel Colmeiro y Penido

(1816-10-22)22 October 1816
Santiago de Compostela, Spain
Died21 June 1901(1901-06-21) (aged 84)
Madrid, Spain
Board member ofRoyal Academy of Sciences and Arts of Barcelona
Spanish Royal Academy of Sciences (1860–1901)
Real Sociedad Española de Historia Natural (since 1871)
Royal National Academy of Medicine
Seat C of the Real Academia Española
In office
11 May 1893 – 21 June 1901
Preceded byCristino Martos y Balbí[lower-alpha 1]
Succeeded byJosé María Asensio

Biography

Colmeiro was born on 22 October 1816 in Santiago de Compostela.[3] He was the rector of the Faculty of Sciences in the Complutense University of Madrid where he later became the Dean. He had been the Director of the Real Jardín Botánico de Madrid, and professor of Phytography and Botanical Geography. He also was a member of the Spanish Royal Academy of Sciences and of the Real Academia Nacional de Medicina de España.

He is known as the author of many notable botanical works. He was one of the founder of the Real Sociedad Española de Historia Natural.[4][5][6] He received the Knight Grand Cross of the Civil Order of María Victoria. He died in Madrid on 21 June 1901.[7][8]

Honors

Eponymous[9][10][11]

Works

The standard author abbreviation Colmeiro is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.[12]

Notes
  1. Martos was elected for the position in 1884 but never took the seat

References
  1. Revista de la Real Academia de Ciencias Exactas, Fisicas y Naturales. Serie A. Matematicas. Springer Science and Business Media LLC. 2013. doi:10.1007/13398.1579-1505.
  2. "Miguel Colmeiro". Real Academia Española (in Spanish). Retrieved 2021-08-26.
  3. Just, Th.; Verdoorn, Fr. (1935). "Chronica Botanica". American Midland Naturalist. 16 (6): 968. doi:10.2307/2420238. ISSN 0003-0031. JSTOR 2420238.
  4. "1872 - Colmeiro y Penido, Miguel - Real Academia Nacional de Medicina". www.ranm.es. Retrieved 2021-08-26.
  5. "Real Sociedad Española de Historia Natural". www.ranm.es. Archived from the original on 2016-06-03. Retrieved 2021-08-26.
  6. "Real Sociedad Española de Historia Natural" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2016-06-03. Retrieved 2021-08-26.
  7. The National Union Catalog, Pre-1956 Imprints. Mansell. 1970. ISBN 9780720100037.
  8. Library (U.S.), National Agricultural (1967). Dictionary Catalog of the National Agricultural Library. Rowman and Littlefield.
  9. "Miguel Colmeiro y Penido | Real Academia de la Historia". dbe.rah.es. Retrieved 2021-08-26.
  10. "International Plant Names Index". www.ipni.org. Retrieved 2021-08-26.
  11. Coppins, B. J. (1994). "Authors of Fungal Names: A list of authors of scientific names of fungi, with recommended standard forms of their names, including abbreviations. Compiled by P. M. Kirk & A. E. Ansell. [Index of Fungi, Supplement]. Wallingford: C.A.B. International. 1992. pp.95. ISBN 0 85198 833 4. Price £26". The Lichenologist. 26 (1): 102. doi:10.1017/S0024282994000162. ISSN 1096-1135.
  12. International Plant Names Index.  Colmeiro.
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