Paul Silva

Paul Silva
Nationality American
Fields phycology
Institutions University of California, Berkeley
Alma mater University of California, Berkeley
Doctoral advisor George F. Papenfuss
Known for systematics of algae

Paul Claude Silva (October 31, 1922 – June 12, 2014) was a phycologist, marine biologist, and algal taxonomist considered to be the world's leading expert in the Chlorophyte green algal genus, Codium. Silva was also an expert in botanical nomenclature and was an editor of the International Code of Botanical Nomenclature's Eighth through Sixteenth International Botanical Congresses. "P.C.Silva" is the standard form to use when citing him as the authority for a botanical name.[1][2]

References

  1. "Author Details: Silva, Paul Claude (1922-2014)". International Plant Names Index. Retrieved 27 December 2014.
  2. Woelkerling, W. J. (2011). "A Tribute to Paul Silva, the International Phycological Society, and the Index Nominum Algarum". Phycologia. 50 (5): 498. doi:10.2216/0031-8884-50.5.498.
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