Wen Tang Chang
Wen-Tang Chang or Wentang Zhang, Chinese geologist and paleontologist (Henan Province 10 January 1925 – Nanjing 20 October 2013) Described at least 109 genera in Trilobita and 22 genera in Fossil Crustacea MEMBERSHIP Titular Member, International Subcommission on Cambrian System Member, International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature HONORS Changaspis Lee 1963 (Trilobite) Changicyathus Debrenne & Zhuravlev 1990 (Archaeocyatha) Changchowilla Waisfeld, Vaccari, Chatterton & Edgecombe 2001 (Trilobite)
Wanchun Cheng
Wanchun Cheng / Wanjun Zheng, Chinese botanist (Xuzhou, Jiangsu Province 24 June 1904 – Beijing 25 July 1983) Recognized as a world authority on gymnosperms taxonomy DESCRIBED PLANTAE TAXA Genera Metasequoia 1948 with Hu Parakmeria 1951 with Hu Paramanglietia 1951 with Hu Pseudotaxus 1947 Others Tribe Amentotaxeae 1975 with Cheng & Du Section Fissae 1988 with Chao Section Trichocarpus 1963 Subsection Echinocastanopsis 1988 with Chao Species Abies chayuensis 1975 with Fu Abies nukiangensis 1975 with Fu Acer amoenum 1948 with Hu Acer chienii 1948 with Hu Acer crassum 1948 with Hu Acer firmianioides 1949 Acer hilaense 1948 with Hu Acer kuikiangense 1948 with Hu Acer kwangnanense 1948 with Hu Acer liquidambarifolium 1948 with Hu Acer longicarpum 1948 with Hu Acer machilifoium 1948 with Hu Acer pentaphyllum 1948 with Hu & Diels Acer pubipetiolatum 1948 with Hu Acer sinopurpurascens 1931 Altingia multinervis 1947 Beilschmiedia kweichowensis 1947 Bischofia racemosa 1963 with Chu Calycanthus chinensis 1963 with Chang Carpinus hwai 1948 with Hu Castanopsis amabilis 1963 with Chao Castanopsis chunii 1963 Castanopsis oblongifolia 1963 with Chao Celtis kunmingensis 1963 with Hong Cephalotaxus latifolia 1988 com Fu Cephalotaxus talonensis with Feng Cupressus gigantea 1975 with Fu Cycas szechuanensis 1975 with Fu Cyclobalanopsis multinervis 1963 with Hong Hovenia kiukiangensis 1948 with Hu Juniperus pingii 1944 Keteleeria calcarea 1975 with Fu Keteleeria oblonga 1975 with Fu Keteleeria pubescens 1975 with Fu Larix himalaica 1975 with Fu Larix speciosa 1975 with Law Litsea auriculata 1931 with Chien Magnolia amoena 1934 Magnolia zenii 1933 Manglietia grandis 1951 with Hu Manglietia megaphylla 1951 with Hu Metasequoia glyptostroboides 1948 with Hu Neolitsea viridis 1980 with Hu Parakmeria omeiensis 1951 Phoebe puwenensis 1963 Picea sikangensis 1931 Picea dabeshanensis 1975 with Law Pinus wangii 1948 with Hu Populus haoana 1979 with Wang Pseudotaxus chienii 1947 Pseudotsuga brevifolia 1975 with Fu Salix suchowiensis 1963 Sinocalycanthus chinensis 1964 with Chang Stewartia gemmata 1931 with Chien Stewartia pteropetiolata 1934 Taxus yunnanensis 1975 with Fu Tsuga longibracteata 1932 Ulmus changii 1936 Ulmus chenmoui 1958 Ulmus erythrocarpa 1958 Ulmus ferruginea 1958 Ulmus kunmingensis 1963 Ulmus multinervis 1958 Ulmus prunifolia 1979 with Fu Varieties & Forms 17 HONORS Chengia Yang, Lin & Wang 2013 (Fossil Plantae) Chengiopanax Shang & Huang 1993 (Araliaceae)
Walter Oswaldo Cruz
Walter Oswaldo Cruz, Brazilian hematologist (Petrópolis, Rio de Janeiro State 23 January 1910 – Rio de Janeiro 03 January 1967 ) Son of Oswaldo G. Cruz ACHIEVEMENTS Authored 130 papers Proposed that ancylostomotic anemia was due to disturbances in iron metabolism (1932) Verified that hemostasis depends on innervations With A.C. Oliveira showed the existence of a pulmonary role in hemostasis control and organism irrigation Revealed a hemostatic activity of compounds such as lipoproteins Suggested that nervous control of vessels and the biochemical state of plasma in arterial blood play an important role in hemostasis With A. C. de Oliveira developed a device for constant blood flow in a dog (1958) METHODS With A.C. Oliveira. Dog’s isolated hind limb preparation as a suitable method for the study of hemostasis. Appl. Phys. 13:368-74, 1958 With L. De Meis, J.R. Magalhães & C.P. Von Dietrich developed isolated rabbit ear method for hemostasis in vivo (1962) With C.P. Von Dietrich developed topical scarification in rat tail for hemostasis in vivo (1967) Methods for quantitative determination of anti platelet serum power and determination of ratio between platelets to blood volume A method to observe the behavior of isolated samples of blood in haemostasis (1956-8) Colorimetric determination of methaemoglobin in normal animals. Acta Haematol. 6(6):367-76, 1951 With H. P. Oliveira. Total blood cell volume determination in normal and anaemic dogs using methaemoglobin as tracer. Acta Physiol. Lat. Am. 2(2):74-83, 1952 Quantitative method of titrating anti-platelet serum in vitro. J. Immunol. 71(5):346-51, 1953 Platelet determination by turbidimetry. Blood 9:920-6, 1954 With R.P. de Mello. Prophylaxis of hookworm anaemia deficiency disease. Blood 3:457-64, 1948
Vitoriano Paiva Castro
Vitoriano Paiva de Castro Neto, Brazilian orchidologist (Santos, São Paulo State 07 January 1942 – DESCRIBED NEW TAXA Valid Genera (with R. Chiron) Dungsia 2002 Pseudencyclia 2003 Hybrid Genera (with Chiron 2002) Hadrocattleya Hoffmanncattleya Hoffmanncyclia Microcattleya Sections 10 Species 102
Vireshwar Nath Capoor
Vireshwar Nath Capoor, Indian helminthologist and entomologist (1930 – 2006) With S.K. Malhotra & R.S. Chauhan. Introduction of a new formula for the assessment of a new ecological parameter: “Gastroparasitic index”. 5th Congr. Zool. Bhopal, p. 168, 1980 DESCRIBED HELMINTH TAXA Genera Barbusa 1975 with Srivastava Bengalotrema 1989 with Malhotra, Nanda, Mukherjee, Ghosh & Sukul Columbia 1966 with Srivastava Francolina 1987 with Sawada, Bhalya & Rastogi Gopalaia 1980 with Dixit & Rengaragu Humiditaenia 1986 with Bhalya Hymenocoelia 1966 with Srivastava Matiarensis 1986 with Dixit Ophryocotylus 1977 with Srivastava Sternolepis 1989 with Gautam, Rishi & Dixit Tortocephalus 1980 with Malhotra & Pundir Species About 60 new species HONORS Capooria Malhotra 1985 (Cestoda)
Vicente Cervantes
Vicente Cervantes Mendo, Spanish / Mexican botanist and pharmacist (Ledrada, Salamanca Province 17 February 1758 – Ciudad de Mexico 26 July 1829) DESCRIBED PLANT TAXA Genera Calibrachoa 1825 (Solanaceae) Castilla 1794 (Moraceae) Montanoa 1825 (Asteraceae) Section Mina 1824 (Convolvulaceae) Species About 50 HONORS Cervantesia Ruiz & Pavón 1794 (Cervantesiaceae)