Luisa Eugenia Navas
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Luisa Eugenia Navas Bustamante (Chillan 1918-) Chilean pharmacist and botanist.
Life
On 9 of May 1951 she got a degree in Chemistry and pharmacy, in that same year the became assistant of the chair of Botany in the School of Chemistry and Pharmacy of the University of Chile. In 1958 she was “Professor extraordinarius”, and assistant of Hugo Gunckel in the Instituto Pedagógico in the section of the criptogamic plants and finally chair Professor in the Faculty Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences the 1985. From early, when she was dedicated to the study of the seaweed, she concurred with his father to the Marine Biology Station at Montemar. With authorization of the dean of Pharmacy, she went twice in week National Museum of Natural History of Santiago. On Behalf of Humberto Fuenzalida, she reorganizes the Botanical section for Cryptogamy. With a scholarship of UNESCOUNESCO
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she studies Plant ecology in Mexico, in the Polytechnical School with specialists of Montpellier and of the San Luis of Potosí. Later she concurs to the botanical Garden of the Central University of Caracas.
Taxa described by L.E.Navas
- Gavilea longibracteata (Lindl.)SparreSparreSparre is a Scandinavian surname - originally borne by a noble family - and can refer to:* Aage Jepsen Sparre, Danish priest* Christian Sparre, Norwegian politician* Desirée Sparre-Enger, Norwegian pop singer...
ex L.E.Navas - Dioscorea humifusa var.gracilis (H.William Jackson HookerSir William Jackson Hooker, FRS was an English systematic botanist and organiser. He held the post of Regius Professor of Botany at Glasgow University, and was the first Director of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. He enjoyed the friendship and support of Sir Joseph Banks for his exploring,...
et A.George Arnott Walker-ArnottGeorge Arnott Walker-Arnott was a Scottish botanist.He studied law in Edinburgh though later became a botanist, holding the position of Regius Professor of Botany in the University of Glasgow. He studied the botany of North America with Sir William Hooker and collaborated with Robert Wight in...
)L.E.Navas - Myrceugenia colchaguensis (Phil.)L.E.Navas
- Parietaria fernandeziana (Steud.)L.E.Navas
- Urtica tricantha (Wedd.)Acev. et L.E.Navas