Name Jose Cuatrecasas | Role Botanist | |
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Died May 23, 1996, Washington, United States Education Complutense University of Madrid (1928) Books A Systematic Study of the Subtribe Espeletiinae (Heliantheae, Asteraceae) Awards Guggenheim Fellowship for Natural Sciences, Latin America & Caribbean | ||
Herbario José Cuatrecasas Arumí
José Cuatrecasas (1903–1996) was a botanist. He was born on March 19, 1903 in Camprodon, Catalonia, Spain.
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His research focused on the high-elevation páramo and sub-páramo regions of the Andes Mountains in South America, especially the flowering plant families Asteraceae and Malpighiaceae.
In 1997, the Smithsonian Institution established the José Cuatrecasas Botanical Fund to "support significant research projects that emulate the spirit of the research of José Cuatrecasas". The Smithsonian also awards a José Cuatrecasas Medal for Excellence in Tropical Botany annually.
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Multiple plant species have been named for him, including Narcissus cuatrecasasii , Joseanthus cuatrecasasii, Pradosia cuatrecasasii, and Tessmannianthus quadridomius (where "quadridomius" is Latin for "cuatre casas").