Teodoro Rojas

Teodoro Rojas
Native name Teodoro Rojas Vera
Born (1877-08-25)August 25, 1877
Asunción
Died August 3, 1954(1954-08-03) (aged 76)
Nationality Paraguayan
Fields Botany
Institutions Botanical Garden and Zoo of Asunción
Influences Emil Hassler
Author abbrev. (botany) Rojas
Spouse Higinia Aguilera Martinez (m. 9 Nov 1907)[1]
Children nine daughters
This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Rojas and the second or maternal family name is Vera.

Teodoro Rojas Vera (25 September 1877, Asunción – 3 September 1954) was a Paraguayan botanist.

Early life and education

Born in Asunción, he was the son of Jose M. Rojas and Dolores Vera. He studied at national schools in Pilar and Limpio. In 1897, he went to Europe, studying at the School of Arts and Crafts in Aarau, Switzerland.[2]

Career

Rojas returned to Paraguay and from 1900 to 1915 was curator of the "Herbario Hassleriano", the herbarium collection of Swiss botanist, Emil Hassler. In 1906 he participated in an expedition to the Pilcomayo region, the collections from which formed the basis of Hassler's 1909 publication, Flora Pilcomayensis.[2]

In 1916 he was appointed head of the herbarium and museum of natural history of the Botanical Garden and Zoo of Asunción where he worked for many years. During this time he continued to undertake regular expeditions collecting specimens of Paraguayan flora which he exchanged with other international collections and visitors to Asunción.[2]

He worked closely with the Miguel Lillo Institute, Tucumán.

Botanical eponymy

References

This article incorporates information from the equivalent article on the Spanish Wikipedia.
  1. ↑ Schinini, Aurelio (2005). "Teodoro Rojas, Biografía, Viajes y Especies Dedicadas" [Teodoro Rojas, Biography, Voyages and dedicated species] (PDF). Rojasiana (in Spanish and English). 7 (1): 101–149.
  2. 1 2 3 Parker, William Belmont, ed. (1921). Paraguayans of To-day. Hispanic Society of America. pp. 157–158.
  3. ↑ BHL Taxonomic literature : a selective guide to botanical publications
  4. ↑ IPNI.  Rojas.

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