Biography
Giovanni Antonio Raimondi, Italian-born Peruvian naturalist and geographer (Milano 19 September 1824 – San Pedro de Lloc, La Libertad Dept 26 October 1890)
Authored over 150 works
Discovered new species of marine invertebrates in central and southern portions of Peru
Discovered 80 new plant species
Collected 31 000 specimens between animals, plants, rocks, minerals and ethnographic material being 2000 mollusks, 4000 insects and 2665 birds
DESCRIBED
Plantae
Species
Chloraea undulata ex Colunga 1857
Culcitium discolor ex Herrera 1921
Verbena stachys 1913
Mineral
Sideronatrite (1878)
Huantajayite (1876) variety
Tarapacaite (1878)
Malinowskite (1876) variety
Arequipite (1878)
Cuprochalcite (1872)
Described archaeological site of Chavín de Huantar
Conceived a method to recognize the presence of lead sulfate or anglesite employing a sodium chloride solution (1873) and a rapid test for determination of tourmalines employing hydrofluoric acid
HONORS
Raimondia Safford 1913 (Annonaceae)
Neoraimondia Britton & Rose 1920 (Cactaceae)
Raimondiceras Spath 1924 (Fossil Mollusca)
LINKS
www.dicionariobiograficoecuador.com/tomo/tomo17/r1.htm
www.museoraimondi.org.pe/documentos/quimico-maldonado-diosdeguevara.doc
