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Name
  
Dimitrie Brandza

Role
  
Botanist

Dimitrie Brandza
Died
  
1895, Slanic-Moldova, Romania

Interviu complet cu Paulina Anastasiu, director Gradina Botanica "Dimitrie Brandza"


Dimitrie Brândză ([diˈmitri.e ˈbrɨnzə]; 1846 – 1895) was a Romanian botanist. He founded the Botanical Garden of Bucharest which is now named in his honor.

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He was a professor at the University of Iaşi and the University of Bucharest, as well as a member of the Romanian Academy.

He is buried in Bellu cemetery.

Taxa named in honour

There are number of plants with specific name brandzae. Including; Iris brandzae, Agropyron brandzae Pantu & Solacolu. and Verbascum glabratum subsp. brandzae.

Also a mussell in the Unionidae family is named, Potomida brandzae (Sabba Stefanescu, 1896).

References

Dimitrie Brândză Wikipedia