Domingo Castillejo
Domingo Castillejo | |
|---|---|
| Born | unknown Spanish |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | botany |
Domingo Castillejo or Castillejos (died 1786) was a
The illustrious botanist José Celestino Mutis, a contemporary of Castillejo, named the plant genus Castilleja in his honor.[1]
Following Castillejo's death, his academic position was filled by another of his students, Francisco Arjona, who continued Castillejo's studies of the flora of the Cádiz region.[5]
References
This article incorporates material from Spanish Wikipedia
- ^ ISBN 9588051541. p.224.
- ^ Cabrera Afonso, JR; Márquez Espinós, C; Fuentes Ximénez, JL (1988). "El Lorquino Domingo Castillejos y su produccion cientifica en el Real Colegio de Cirgia de Cadiz". In Valera, M; Egea, A; Blazquez, D (eds.). Actas del VIII Congreso Nacional de Historia de la Medicina (Murcia-Cartagena, 18-21 de diciembre de 1986) (in Spanish). Universidad de Murcia, Dpto. Historia de la Medicina. pp. 680–689 (vol. ii). Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2014-11-04. (pp. 48–57 of PDF)
- ^ Erroneous vital dates are often associated with Castillejo, perhaps following Edmund Jaeger. A Source-book of biological names and terms. third edition. 1955. page 309, where the author states that the genus Castilleia is named for "Castillio, Juan (1744-1793)" apparently confusing Castillejo with Juan Diego del Castillo
- ^ Puerto Sarmiento, Francisco Javier (2007). "Jardines de aclimatación en la España de la ilustración" (PDF). Ciencias (in Spanish). 68 (October–December 2007): 30–55. Retrieved 2 November 2014. p. 33
- ^ Colmeiro, Miguel (1858). La Botánica y Los Botánicos de la Península Hispano-Lusitana: Estudios bibliográficos y biográficos. M. Rivadeneyra. p. 188.
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