Juan Ignacio Molina ( Spanish: Juan Ignacio Molina ) ( June 24, 1740 - September 12, 1829 ) was a Chilean priest and naturalist. Usually referred to in literature as Abbot Molina (Abate Molina, form Abbott Molina), or in the Italian form of his name - Giovanni Ignazio Molina .
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| Date of Birth | June 24, 1740 |
| Place of Birth | Villa Alegre , Chile |
| Date of death | September 12, 1829 (89 years) |
| Place of death | Bologna , Italy |
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The author of the names of a number of botanical taxa . In the botanical ( binary ) nomenclature, these names are supplemented by the abbreviation " Molina " . A list of such taxa on the IPNI website Personal page on IPNI website Old author designation: Mol. The researcher who described a number of zoological taxa . The names of these taxa (for attribution) are accompanied by the designation " Molina " . |
Biography
Molina was born on a large farm Guaraculén, located near the town of Villa Alegre ( Spanish Villa Alegre ), now it is the province of Linares in the Maule region of Chile . His parents were Agustín Molina and Francisca González Bruna.
He was educated in the city of Talca and graduated from a Jesuit college in Concepcion . In 1768 Molina was forced to leave Chile when the Jesuits were driven out. He settled in Bologna and became a professor of natural sciences there.
Posted by Saggio sulla historia naturale del Chile (1782), the first scientific work on the natural history of Chile, described many new species.
Scientific Works
- Compendio della storia geografica, naturale, e civili del regno del Chili (1776).
- Historian natural historian natural de Chile (1782).
- Historión sobre la historia civil de Chile (1787).
Recognition
Hipolito Ruiz López and José Pavón dedicated to him an open genus of plants, naming him Molina , later this genus was regarded as a subgenus of the Bakharis genus. Then Frank Hellwig re-created this genus called Neomolina . Other botanists of Molina were devoted to the genus of cereals Moliniopsis , also known by the synonym Molinia , which came out of circulation.
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Links
- Molina, Juan-Ignacio // Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary : 86 tons (82 tons and 4 extra). - SPb. , 1890-1907.
- Reiche KF 1902. Estudios críticos sobre la flora de Chile Anal. Univ. Chile 111: 153-183.
- Hellwig FH 1993. The genera Pingraea Cassini and Neomolina Hellwig Candollea 48: 212 (1-2) /d39_131-154.pdf on line (not available link)