Kai Larsen

Danish botanist of the 20th-21st centuries
Kai Larsen
Born(1925-11-15)November 15, 1925
Hillerød, Denmark
DiedAugust 23, 2012(2012-08-23) (aged 86)
Denmark
NationalityDanish
Scientific career
FieldsBotany

Kai Larsen (15 November 1926 in Hillerød – 23 August 2012)[1] was a Danish botanist.

Kai Larsen was professor of botany (Emeritus from 1-12-1996) at Århus University, Denmark. He was the Danish editor of Flora Nordica, editor of Flora of Thailand, advisor to Flora of China and executive member of Flora Malesiana.

He was a member of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters.[2] and the Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters.

Research

  • SE Asian flora region, particularly Thailand, Malaysia and Indo-China. Revisions of several families e. g. Caesalpiniaceae, Caryophyllaceae, and Lowiaceae for several of the regional floras.
  • Zingiberaceae for Flora of Thailand and Flora Malesiana.
The standard author abbreviation K.Larsen is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.[3]

Eponymous species

Some plant names are taxonomic patronyms recognizing his contribution to studying Asian flora.

Genera

  • Kailarsenia: a fragrant plant from the family Rubiaceae that can be found in Southeast Asia.[4]
  • Larsenaikia: once endemic Australian species of Gardenia in the family Rubiaceae.[4] This name is a taxonomic anagram derived from genus Kailarsenia.[5]
  • The generic name Kaisupeea B.L. Burtt (Gesneriaceae) honours Kai and Supee Larsen.[6][7]

Species

  • Burmannia larseniana D.X.Zhang & R.M.K.Saunders (Burmanniaceae)
  • Bauhinia larsenii Y.F. Chen & D.X. Zhang, fossil Leguminosae from southern China[8]
  • Caulokaempferia larsenii Suksathan & Triboun
  • Cornukaempferia larsenii Saensouk, Theerakulpisut, & Chantaranothai[9]
  • Curcuma larsenii C. Maknoi & T. Jenjittikul[10]
  • Impatiens larsenii T. Shimizu[11]
  • Kaempferia larsenii Sirirugsa
  • Mouretia larsenii Tange
  • Zingiber larsenii Theilade

References

  1. ^ In memoriam: Kai Larsen (2012). Species New to Science. Retrieved 2012-11-13.
  2. ^ "Gruppe 5: Biologi" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters. Retrieved 7 October 2010.
  3. ^ International Plant Names Index.  K.Larsen.
  4. ^ a b Tirvengadum, D. D. 1993. Larsenaikia, a new genus of the Rubiaceae from Australia. Nordic J. Bot. 13:175–184. doi:10.1111/j.1756-1051.1993.tb00034.x
  5. ^ Burkhardt, Lotte (2018-06-06). Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen - Erweiterte Edition. Index of Eponymic Plant Names - Extended Edition. Index de Noms éponymiques des Plantes - Édition augmentée (in German). Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin, Freie Universität Berlin. p. L13. doi:10.3372/epolist2018. ISBN 978-3-946292-26-5. S2CID 187926901.
  6. ^ Burkhardt, Lotte (2018). Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen – Erweiterte Edition [Index of Eponymic Plant Names – Extended Edition] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2018. ISBN 978-3-946292-26-5. S2CID 187926901. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
  7. ^ "Kaisupeea B.L.Burtt | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 16 May 2021.
  8. ^ Chen, Y. F. & Zhang, D. X. 2005 Bauhinia larsenii, a fossil legume from Guangxi. Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 147: 437-440. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8339.2005.00373.x
  9. ^ Saensouk, P., Theerakulpisut, P., & Chantaranothai, P. 2007. Cornukaempferia larsenii sp. nov. (Zingiberaceae): a new species from Thailand. The Natural History of Chulalongkorn University. 7: 169–173.
  10. ^ Maknoi, C. (2006). A new species of Curcuma L. (Zingiberaceae) from Southeast Asia. In: Gardens' Bulletin (Singapore) 58(1): 41-46, ISSN 0374-7859, CODEN GABUAV.
  11. ^ Shimizu, T. 1977. Some addition notes on Impatiens (Balsaminaceae) of Thailand. Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 28 (1-3): 31-34.
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