Antonio Julián Baldomero Acuña Galé, Cuban botanist, agronomist and plant pathologist (Camaguey 27 November 1900 – Ciudad de Mexico 24 July 1973)

ACHIEVEMENTS 

Demonstrated the transmission of Hoja Blanca virus by hemipteran Sogatodes oryzicola (Muir)  

With L. Ramos-Ledon & Y. López Cardet. Sogata oryzicola Muir, vector de la enfermedad virosa hoja blanca del arroz en Cuba. Agrotecnica 23-24, 1958. 

Version in English: Sogata oryzicola Muir, vector of the hoja blanca virus disease of rice in Cuba. Agrotecnica 4(2):8-15, 1966

DESCRIBED VALID PLANTAE TAXA

Genus

Kodalyodendron 1973 with Borhidi

Species

Basiphyllaea wrightii

Byrsonima luacesii 1953 with Roig

Byrsonima moensis 1953 with Roig

Castela leonis 1950 with Roig

Castela victorinii 1950 with Roig

Exostema lancifolium 1971 with Borhidi

Hornemannia alainii 1956 with Roig

Kodalyodendron cubensis 1973 with Borhidi

Lyonia leonis 1956 with Roig

Lyonia maestrensis 1956 with Roig

Malpighia martiana 1953 with Roig

Malpighia wrightiana 1953 with Roig

Margaritopsis agustinae 1962

Muscarella obliquipetala 1938 with Schweinfurt

Ocotea bucherii 1949 with Roig

Ocotea victorinii 1956 with Roig

Palicourea alainii 1962 with Roig

Palicourea moralesii 1962 with Roig

Palicourea ponce-leonis 1962 with Roig

Palicourea torrei 1962 with Roig

Palicourea vanhermannii 1962 with Roig

Persea galeae 1949

Psychotria byrsonimifolia 1962 with Roig

Psychotria lopezii 1962 with Roig

Schmidtottia scabra 1972 with Borhidi

Spachea maritima 1953 with Roig

Vaccinium alainii 1956 with Roig

Vaccinium leonis 1956 with Roig

Vaccinium shaferi 1956 with Roig

HONORS

Acunaeanthus Borhidi, Jarai-Komlódi & Moncada 1981 (Rubiaceae)