Kai Larsen | |
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| Born | November 15, 1925 |
| Died | August 23, 2012 (aged 86) Denmark |
| Nationality | Danish |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Botany |
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.
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 fragrant plant from the family Rubiaceae that can be found in Southeast Asia.[4]
- Larsenaikia: once endemic Australian species of Gardenia in the family Rubiaceae.[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.
Species
- Burmannia larseniana D.X.Zhang & R.M.K.Saunders (Burmanniaceae)
- Bauhinia larsenii Y.F. Chen & D.X. Zhang, fossil Leguminosae from southern China[6]
- Caulokaempferia larsenii Suksathan & Triboun
- Cornukaempferia larsenii Saensouk, Theerakulpisut, & Chantaranothai[7]
- Curcuma larsenii C. Maknoi & T. Jenjittikul[8]
- Impatiens larsenii T. Shimizu[9]
- Kaempferia larsenii Sirirugsa
- Mouretia larsenii Tange
- Zingiber larsenii Theilade
References
- ^ In memoriam: Kai Larsen (2012). Species New to Science. Retrieved 2012-11-13.
- ^ "Gruppe 5: Biologi" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters. Retrieved 7 October 2010.
- ^ IPNI. K.Larsen.
- ^ a b Tirvengadum, D. D. 1993. Larsenaikia, a new genus of the Rubiaceae from Australia. Nordic J. Bot. 13:175–184. doi:10.1111/j.1756-1051.1993.tb00034.x
- ^ 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.
- ^ Chen, Y. F. & Zhang, D. X. 2005 Bauhinia larsenii, a fossil legume from Guangxi. Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 147: 437-440. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8339.2005.00373.x
- ^ Saensouk, P., Theerakulpisut, P., & Chantaranothai, P. 2007. Cornukaempferia larsenii sp. nov. (Zingiberaceae): a new species from Thailand. The Natural History of Chulalongkorn University. 7: 169–173.
- ^ Maknoi, C. (2006). A new species of Curcuma L. (Zingiberaceae) from Southeast Asia. In: Gardens' Bulletin (Singapore) 58(1): 41-46, ISSN 0374-7859, CODEN GABUAV.
- ^ Shimizu, T. 1977. Some addition notes on Impatiens (Balsaminaceae) of Thailand. Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 28 (1-3): 31-34.