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Kai Larsen

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Kai Larsen
Born(1925-11-15)November 15, 1925
DiedAugust 23, 2012(2012-08-23) (aged 86)
Denmark
NationalityDanish
Scientific career
FieldsBotany

Kai Larsen (15 November 1926 in Hillerød – 23 August 2012)[1] was a Danish botanist.

Kai Larsen was professor of botany (Emeritus from 1-12-1996) at Århus University, Denmark. He was the Danish editor of Flora Nordica, editor of Flora of Thailand, advisor to Flora of China and executive member of Flora Malesiana.

He was a member of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters.[2] and the Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters.

The standard author abbreviation K.Larsen is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.[3]

Research[edit]

Eponymous species[edit]

Some plant names are taxonomic patronyms recognizing his contribution to studying Asian flora.

Genera[edit]

  • Kailarsenia: a genus in the family Rubiaceae found in Southeast Asia.[4]
  • Larsenaikia: a genus in the family Rubiaceae endemic to Australia.[4] This name is a taxonomic anagram derived from genus Kailarsenia.[5]

Species[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Botanist • K.Larsen | In Memoriam: Kai Larsen, 1926-2012". Species New to Science. pskhun. 31 August 2012. Archived from the original on 7 October 2014. Retrieved 13 November 2012.
  2. ^ "Gruppe 5: Biologi". Det Norske Videnskaps-Akademi (in Norwegian). Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters. Archived from the original on 27 September 2011.
  3. ^ International Plant Names Index.  K.Larsen.
  4. ^ a b Tirvengadum, D. D. (1993). "Larsenaikia, a new genus of the Rubiaceae from Australia". Nordic Journal of Botany. 13 (2): 175–184. doi:10.1111/j.1756-1051.1993.tb00034.x.
  5. ^ a b Burkhardt, Lotte (2018-06-06). Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen - Erweiterte Edition. Index of Eponymic Plant Names - Extended Edition. Index de Noms éponymiques des Plantes - Édition augmentée (in German). Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin, Freie Universität Berlin. p. L13. doi:10.3372/epolist2018. ISBN 978-3-946292-26-5. S2CID 187926901.
  6. ^ "Kaisupeea B.L.Burtt | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 16 May 2021.
  7. ^ Chen, YUN-FA; Zhang, Dian-Xiang (2005). "Bauhinia larsenii, a fossil legume from Guangxi, China". Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society. 147 (4): 437–440. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8339.2005.00373.x.
  8. ^ Saensouk, Piyaporn; Theerakulpisut, Piyada; Chantaranothai, Pranom (2007). "Cornukaempferia larsenii sp. nov. (Zingiberaceae): A New Species from Thailand". The Natural History Journal of Chulalongkorn University. 7 (2): 115–119.
  9. ^ Maknoi, Charun; Jenjittikul, Taya (2006). "A New Species of Curcuma L. (Zingiberaceae) from Southeast Asia" (PDF). Gardens' Bulletin Singapore. 58: 4146.
  10. ^ Shimizu, Tatemi (1977). "Some additional notes on Impatiens(Balsaminaceae) of Thailand". Acta Phytotaxonomica et Geobotanica. 28. doi:10.18942/bunruichiri.KJ00003217437.