Roberto Miguel Klein
Roberto Miguel Klein, Brazilian plant ecologist (Montenegro, Rio Grande do Sul State 31 October 1923 – Itajaí, Santa Catarina State 13 November 1992) Performed studies on phytosociology, autoecology and dendrology publishing more than 100 works With R. Reitz discovered (collected) 6 new plant genera, about 500 species and many varieties Co-described the posthumous species Psychotria fractistipula 2005 with L.B. Smith & Delprete HONORS Kleinodendron L.B. Smith & Downs 1964 (Euphorbiaceae)
Rita Kloss
Gertrud Rita Kloss, Brazilian helminthologist (Rio de Janeiro 29 April 1929 – DESCRIBED NEW TAXA Families (Nematoda) Chitwoodiellidae 1960 Hystrignathidae 1958 with Travassos Ichthyocephalidae 1958 with Travassos Robertiidae 1960 Genera Nematoda Aglaopterixia 1961 Aoruroides 1958 with Travassos Boraceianema 1958 with Travassos Buzionema 1966 Carlosia 1957 with Travassos Christiella 1957 with Travassos Cranifera 1960 Glaber 1958 with Travassos Longior 1958 with Travassos Mentecle 1958 with Travassos Papillabrum 1962 Paraichthyocephalus 1958 with Travassos Paraxyo 1958 with Travassos Raonema 1966 Salesia 1958 with Travassos Schubartnema 1959 Schwenckiana 1966 Soaresnema 1958 with Travassos Triumphalisnema 1962 Urbanonema 1958 with Travassos Urucuia 1961 Ventelia 1958 with Travassos Vulcanonema 1958 with Travassos Cestoda Itaguaiana 1959 Napolitana 1959 Ruizia 1959 with Travassos Trematoda Magnivitellinum 1966 Pseudoprostenhystera 1966 HONORS (Nematoda) Klossnema Cordeiro & Artigas 1986 Klossinemella Gonçalves da Costa 1961 Traklosia Bernard & Phillips 2015
Richard Neil Kilburn
Richard Neil Kilburn, South African malacologist (Port Elizabeth 07 January 1942 – Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu Natal Province 26 July 2013) DESCRIBED MOLLUSCA TAXA Genera/Subgenera Acinodrillia 1988 Benthoclionella 1974 Calactodrillia 1988 Caliendrula 1985 Cinysca 1970 Citharomangelia 1992 Dendrofissurella 1986 with McLean Entomoliva 1991 with Bouchet Fukama 1998 Funa 1988 Gingicithara 1992 Hesperancilla 1981 Inkinga 1988 Javancilla 1981 Librariscala 1985 Magdalemitra 1974 Medusafissurella 1986 with McLean Naudedrillia 1988 Naudoliva 1989 Nquma 1988 Orrmaesia 1988 Papillocithara 1988 Psittacodrillia 1988 Rutelliscala 1985 Scissileda 1994 Striatoguraleus 1994 Tropidoturris 1986 Species/Subspecies 361 HONORS Kilburnia Snyder, Vermeij & Lyons 2012 (Mollusca) LINKS https://bioone.org/journals/African-Invertebrates/volume-54/issue-2/afin.054.0217/Richard-Dick-Neil-Kilburn-19422013–Bibliography-and-Listings-of/10.5733/afin.054.0217.full
Ricardo Krone
Sigismund Ernst Richard Krone, German-born Brazilian naturalist and archeologist (Dresden 18 June 1861 – Iguape, São Paulo State 09 September 1917) Expert on caves paleontology and archeology Discovered 17 new fish species described by Miranda Ribeiro beyond new mollusks and fóssil species SOME BIBLIOGRAPHY As grutas calcareas de Iporanga. Rev. Mus. Paulista 3:477-500, 1898 As grutas calcáreas do vale do rio Ribeira de Iguape. Rev. Cent. Cien. Let. Artes Campinas (1905) Estudo sobre as cavernas do Valle do Rio Ribeira. Arch. Museu Nacional 15:139-66, 1909 Notas de Pré-História Paulista. O cemitério de Pombeva. Rev. Mus. S. Paulo 10, 1918 HONORS Kronichthys Miranda Ribeiro 1908 (Pisces)
Rappal Sangameswara Krishnan
Rappal Sangameswara Krishnan, Indian physicist (Rappal, Kerala 23 September 1911 – 02 October 1999) ACHIEVEMENTS Discovered a new optical effect (Krishnan effect) in 1937 Demonstrated the existence of deuteron-tritium reaction First established the deuteron-induced fission in uranium and thorium Developed the ultraviolet technique of excitation for Raman spectroscopy and successfully recorded for the first time the second-order Raman spectra of diamond and alkali halides First made Brillouin scattering experiments in diamond, quartz, alumina and alkali halides LINKS http://insaindia.org/pdf/K-Fin-396-466.pdf
Ranajit Kumar Kar
Ranajit Kumar Kar, Indian micropalaeontologist (1936 – Diporocolpis: a new type of aperture from the early Eocene sediments of Rajasthan, India (1995) DESCRIBED FOSSIL GENERA ACRITARCHA Cephalia 1974 with Sah Cryptosphaera 1974 with Sah Octaplata 1974 with Sah Palamea 1974 with Sah Psilosphaera 1974 with Sah Temporina 1974 with Sah FUNGI Ceratohirudispora 2010 with Mandaokar & Kar Cervichlamydospora 2010 with Mandaokar & Kar Chlamydospora 2010 with Mandaokar & Kar Circinoconites 2010 with Mandaokar & Kar Colligerites 1977 with Jain Dendromyceliates 1977 with Jain Dictyomykus 2010 with Mandaokar & Kar Dictyostromata 2010 with Mandaokar & Kar Kutchiathyrites 1977 Lithomucorites 2010 with Mandaokar & Kar Lithosporocarpina 2010 with Mandaokar & Kar Meliostroma 2010 with Mandaokar & Kar Mycozygosporangia 2010 with Mandaokar & Kar Palaeogigaspora 2010 with Mandaokar & Kar Pseudosphaerialites 1969 with Venkatachala Sphaerialites 1969 with Venkatachala Stauromyca 2010 with Mandaokar & Kar Teliosporites 2010 with Mandaokar & Kar Tetradigita 2010 with Mandaokar & Kar ALGAE Leioplanktona 1976 with Saxena Matanomadhia 1976 with Saxena Spinasphaera 1976 with Saxena SPORAE At least 147