Biography

Miguel Domingo Fuertes Loren, Spanish-born Dominican priest, explorer, plant collector and geologist (Daroca, Zaragoza Province 04 August 1871 – Santo Domingo 04 March 1926)

Discovered a number of new species from Dominican flora

Cited as a discoverer of larimar, a blue variety of pectolite (1916)

HONORS

Fuertesia Urban 1911 (Loasaceae)

Fuertesiella Schlechter 1913 (Orchidaceae)