Leonard Mwasumbi
Leonard B. Mwasumbi, Tanzanian botanist (1938 – 2013) SOME BIBLIOGRAPHY With G. da Silva, E. Ferreira, R. Serrano, E. Teixeira Gomes, M. Caniça & O. Silva. In vitro anti Neisseria gonorrheae activity of Terminalia boivinii, Terminalia sambesiaca and Terminalia spinosa. Planta Med. 76:468, 2010 With P. Fyhrquist, P. Vuorela, H. Vuorela, R. Hitunen, C. Murphy & H. Adlercreutz. Preliminary antiproliferative effects of some species of Terminalia, Combretum and Pteleopsis collected in Tanzania on some human cancer lines. Fitoterapia 77(5):358-66, 2006 With P. Fyrhquist, C.A. Haeggstrom, H. Vuorela, R. Hitunen & P. Vuorela. Antifungal activity of selected species of Terminalia, Pteleopsis and Combretum (Combretaceae) collected in Tanzania. Pharmac. Biol. 42(4-5):308-17, 2004 With P. Fyrhquist, C.A. Haeggstrom, H. Vuorela, R. Hitunen & P. Vuorela. Ethnobotanical and antimicrobial investigation on some species of Terminalia and Combretum (Combretaceae) growing in Tanzania. J. Ethnopharmac. 79(2):169-77, 2002 With D.M. Jonhson & F.M. Mbago. New species of Xylopia and Uvaria (Annonaceae) from Tanzania. Novon 9(1):55-60, 1999 With P. Karhula, M. Harkonen, T. Saarimaki & A. Verbeken. Tanzanian mushrooms and their uses. VI. Lactarius. Karstenia 38:49-69, 1998 With F. Freiburghaus, S.A. Jonker, M.H.H. Nkunya & R. Brun. In vitro trypanocidal activity of some rare Tanzanian medicinal plants. Acta Tropica 66(2):79-83, 1997 With F.D. Calonge, M. Harkonen & T. Saarimaki. Tanzanian mushrooms and their uses. V. Some notes on the Gasteromycetes. Karstenia 37:3-10, 1997 With K, Vainio-Mattila & K. Lahti. Traditional use of wild vegetables in the East Usambara Mountains (1997) With M.C. Gessler, D.E. Msuya, M.H.H. Nkunya, A. Schar, M. Heinrich & M. Tanner. Traditional healers in Tanzania: the treatment of malaria with plant remedies. J. Ethnopharm. 48(3):131-44, 1995 With M.C. Gessler, M.H.H. Nkinya, M. Heinrich & M. Tanner. Screening Tanzanian medicinal plants for antimalarial activity. Acta Tropica 56:65-77, 1994 With M. Harkonen & T. Saarimaki. Edible and poisonous mushrooms of Tanzania. Afr. J. Mycol. Biotechnol. 2:99-123, 1994 With N.D. Burgess & G.P. Clarke. Vegetation of Pande and Kiono Coastal forests, Tanzania. Plant Ecology 113(1):71-81, 1994 With M. Harkonen & T. Saarimaki. Tanzanian mushrooms and their uses. IV. Some reddish edible and poisonous Amanita species. Karstenia 34:47-60, 1994 With T. Saarimaki & M. Harkonen. Tanzanian mushrooms and their uses. III. Termitomyces singidensis sp.nov. Karstenia 34:13-20, 1994 With M. Harkonen & T. Saarimaki. Tanzanian mushrooms and their uses. II. An edible species of Coprinus section Lanatuli. Karstenia 33:51-9, 1993 With M. Harkonen, B. Buyck & T. Saarimaki. Tanzanian mushrooms and their uses. I. Russula. Karstenia 33:11-50, 1993 With N.H.H. Nkunya, H. Weenen, D.H. Bray & Q.H. Mgari. Antimalarial activity of Tanzanian plants and their active constituents. The genus Uvaria. Planta Medica 57 (1991) With H. Weenen, M.H.H. Nkunya, D.H. Bray, L.S. kinabo, V.A.E.B. Kilimali & J.B.P.A. Wijnberg. Antimalarial activity of Tanzanian medicinal plants. Planta Medica 56(4):368-70, 1990 With H. Weenen, M.H.H. Nkunya, D.H. Bray, L.S. kinabo, V.A.E.B. Kilimali & J.B.P.A. Wijnberg. Antimalarial compounds containing an α,β-unsaturated carbonyl moiety from Tanzanian medicinal plants (1990) With B. Verdcourt. A new species of Uvaria (Annonaceae) from Tanzania. Kew Bulletin 43(1):99-101, 1988 With I.S. Kikula & S.A. Mohamed. A baseline plant checklist of the vegetation around the southern pulp and paper mill in southern Mifundi District, Tanzania (1986) HONORS Mwasumbia Couvreur & Johnson 2009 (Annonaceae)
Laxman Prasad Mathur
Laxman (Lakshmi) Prasad Mathur, Indian geologist and historian (October 1922 – SOME BIBLIOGRAPHY With M.R. Sahni. Stratigraphy of the Siwalik group (1964) With P. Evans. Oil In India – A review. Int. Geol. Congr. 22 nd Session, India (1964) With G. Kohli. Geology and oil possibilities in Northwest India. Proc. Ecafe Symposium Petr. Res. New Delhi (1958) With G. Kohli. Exploration and development for oil in India. 6th World Petrol. (1958) Assam earthquake of 15th Aug 1950. A short note on factual observations. HONORS Mathurosphaera Varma & Dangwal 1964 (Acritarcha)
Karl Moritz
Johann Wilhelm Karl Moritz, German-born Venezuelan naturalist (Klein-Santersleben, Schackensleben 16 December 1797 – Colonia Tovar, Aragua State 26 July 1866) Discovered and collected new species of insects mainly Lepidoptera DESCRIBED PLANTAE TAXA Genus Monopyle 1876 Species Anemia pastinacaria 1881 Aspidium diplazioides 1858 Aspidium giganteum 1913 Gastranthus schlechtendahlii 1876 Lupinus meridanus 1939 Manettia mollis 1918 Passiflora stellata 1927 Polypodium arcuatum 1856 Prunus robusta 1915 Stillingia rufescens 1912 Tropaeolum deckerianum 1849 with Karsten Vittaria gracilis 1869 HONORS Moritzia DC ex Meisner 1840 (Boraginaceae)
Karam Chand Mehta
Karam Chand Mehta, Indian bryologist and plant pathologist (Amritsar, Punjab 20 June 1892 –Agra, Uttar Pradesh State 08 April 1950) Discovered disease cycle of cereal rusts in India and authored Control of Cereal Rusts in India (1940) that gave him worldwide recognition HONORS Mehtamyces Mundkur & Thirumalachar 1945 (Fungi)
Juvenal Ricardo Meyer
Juvenal Ricardo Meyer, Brazilian pathologist (São Paulo 16 May 1898 – São Paulo 22 July 1970) Observed the cicatrizant action of fungal substances when used in the treatment of varicose and duodenal gastric ulcera DESCRIBED DISEASES Emboly syndrome caused by amniotic fluid Embolia amnio-caseosa. Brasil Medico (1926) A new transplantable murine lymphosarcoma Um novo tumor transplantável do camundongo. Ann. Fac. Med. S. Paulo 3:127-34, 1929 With Saborido described a new transplantable murine adenocarcinoma in Arquivos do Instituto Biológico vol 7, 1936 Indícios da existência de um agente celular capaz de malignizar células normais, no linfossarcoma transplantável do camundongo. Arq. Inst. Biol. 11:259-64, 1940 DEVELOPED A simple method to purify old fluids used in conservation of anatomicopathological pieces With G. Ferraz. Processo simples para a purificação de líquidos velhos na conservação de peças anatomopathologicas. Arq. Inst. Biológico 5-6:95-6, 1934 Conceived and patented a new dispositive for mounting of museum pieces Novo tipo de dispositivo para montagem de peças de museu. Arq. Inst. Biol. 11:265-8, 1940 Prova fácil para a verificação da atividade dos timbós. O Campo 12(133):63, 1941 An anticancer drug micelina with commercial name cariocilim A solution to asymbiotic culture of orchids Meio assimbiótico simplificado para culturas de sementes de orquídeas. O Biológico 10(3):63-6, 1944 With G. Ferraz. Processo simples para a purificação do líquido de Keyserling
Julius Melzer
Julius Melzer, German-born Brazilian entomologist (Slupek, today Poland 11 June 1878 –São Paulo 20 December 1934) DESCRIBED COLEOPTERA TAXA Genera Anisolophia 1934 Anisopeplus 1934 Anisopodesthes 1931 Atelographus 1927 Ceratoeme 1920 Cosmotomidius 1931 Eburodacrystola 1928 Ecliptophanes 1934 Emphytoeciosoma 1934 Eriphosoma 1922 Erythropterus 1934 Estoloderces 1928 Hoplistonychus 1930 Idiomerus 1934 Lasiolepturges 1928 Lophopoenopsis 1931 Lycodesmus 1927 Lycominus 1931 Lygrocharis 1927 Neocoridolon 1930 Neophygopoda 1933 Nyssicostylus 1923 Pentheochaetes 1932 Piezochaerus 1932 Probatiomimus 1926 Pseudocriopsis 1931 Pseudostenaspis 1932 Ptericoptomimus 1935 Schreiteria 1933 Sciadosoma 1934 Sphalloeme 1928 Stereomerus 1934 Species About 300 species of Coleoptera Cerambycidae HONORS Melzeria Green 1930 (Hemiptera) Melzerus Monné 2005 (Coleoptera) Melzerina Lane 1966 (Coleoptera) Melzerella Costa Lima 1931 (Coleoptera)