Francisco Manuel Blanco (born 1778 in Navianos; died 1845 in Manila) was a Spanish friar and botanist. Kalanchoe pinnata (syn Bryophyllum calycinum, Bryophyllum pinnatum, also known as the Air Plant, Life Plant Year 1778 ( MDCCLXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or Year 1845 ( MDCCCXLV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common The City of Manila Spain () or the Kingdom of Spain (Reino de España is a country located mostly in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. A Friar is a member of one of the Mendicant orders. Friars and monks Friars differ from Monks in that they are called to a life of poverty in service Botany, plant science(s, phytology, or plant biology is a branch of Biology and is the scientific study of plant Life
Biography
He was a member of the Augustinian order. The Augustinians, named after Saint Augustine of Hippo (died AD 430) are several Catholic Monastic orders and congregations His first assignment was in Angat in the province of Bulacan in the Philippines. for the village in Afghanistan, see Angat Afghanistan. Angat is a 2nd class municipality in the province of This article is about the province For the municipality see Bulacan Bulacan. The Philippines ( Filipino: Pilipinas, officially known as the Republic of the Philippines (fil ''Republika ng Pilipinas'' RP He subsequently had a variety different assignments. Towards the end of his life, he became the delegate of his order in Manila, traveling throughout the archipelago. He is the author of the first comprehensive flora of the Philippines, Flora de Filipinas. Según el sistema de Linneo (Flora of the Philippines according to the system of Linnaeus). The first two editions (Manila, 1837 and 1845) were unillustrated. Celestine Fernandez Villar (1838-1907) together with others including Antonio Llanos, published an illustrated posthumous edition from 1877 to 1883.
The botanist Carl Ludwig Blume (1789-1862) named the genus Blancoa of the family Palmae in Blanco's honor. Karl Ludwig Ritter von Blume ( 9 June 1796 - 3 February 1862) was a German - Dutch Botanist. A genus (plural genera from Γένος Latin genus "descent family type gender" is a low-level Taxonomic In Biological classification, family ( Latin Arecaceae or Palmae (also known by the name Palmaceae, which is taxonomically invalid or commonly palm tree) the palm family is a family of Flowering
Books
- Flora de Filipinas. Según el sistema sexual de Linneo, Manila: 1837.
- Flora de Filipinas. Según el sistema sexual de Linneo. . . Segunda impression &c. , Manila: 1845.
- Flora de Filipinas, según el sistema sexual de Linneo. Adicionada con el manuscrito inédito del. fr. Ignacio Mercado, las obras del fr. Antonio Llanos, y de un apéndice con todas las nuevas investigaciones botanicas referentes al archipiélago Filifino [sic]. Gran edicion. , Manila: 1877-1883
References
- ^ Brummitt, R. K. ; C. E. Powell (1992). Authors of Plant Names. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. The Royal Botanic Gardens Kew, usually referred to simply as Kew Gardens, are extensive Gardens and botanical glasshouses between Richmond and ISBN 1-84246-085-4.
- Biography at Nationaal Herbarium Nederland
- Plates from Flora de Filipinas at Wikimedia Commons. [1]
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