Paul Maas (botanist)
Paulus Johannes Maria "Paul" Maas (born 27 February 1939, in
neotropics. Maas has identified and named about two hundred fifty plants from the Burmanniaceae, the Costus Family (Costaceae), the Gentian Family (Gentianaceae), the Bloodwort Family (Haemodoraceae), the Banana Family (Musaceae), the Olacaceae, the Triuridaceae, and the Ginger Family (Zingiberaceae).[1]
The
the neotropics, such as the Burmanniaceae
, are two major areas of research.
Maas has also worked with the genus Canna (Cannaceae) and has published floristic treatments of this group for the Guianas (Maas 1985) and Ecuador (Maas & Maas 1988).
In 2008, he was honoured when botanists Mols, Kessler & Rogstad published a genus of
External links
Published works
- Maas, P. J. M. 1985. 195. Cannaceae. In: A. R. A. Görts-van Rijn, ed. 1985+. Flora of the Guianas. Series A: Phanerogams. 1212+ volsfasc. Königstein. VolFasc. 1, pp. xx—xx69–73 .
- Maas, P. J. M. and H. Maas. 1988. 223. Cannaceae. In: G. Harling et al., eds. 1973+. Flora of Ecuador. 5660+ volsnos. Göteborg. VolNo. 32, pp. 1–9.
- Segeren, W & Maas, PJM - The genus Canna in northern South America (1971), Acta Botanica Neerlandica. 20(6): 663–680.
References
- ^ "Maasia Mols, Kessler & Rogstad | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
- ^ International Plant Names Index. Maas.
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