Eduardo Quisumbing
Filipino botanist
- Basilia Lim (Sister of Philippine National Hero General Vicente Lim)
- Trinidad Tanchoco
Eduardo Quisumbíng y Argüelles (Filipino: Eduardo Argüelles Quisumbing; November 11, 1895, Santa Cruz, Laguna – August 23, 1986, Quezon City) was a Filipino biologist, a leading authority of plants in the Philippines.
Education
He earned his BSA in Biology at the University of the Philippines Los Baños in 1918, his MS in botany at the same university in 1921, and Ph.D. in plant taxonomy, systematics and morphology at the University of Chicago in 1923.
Career
From 1920 to 1926 he was attached to the College of Agriculture in U.P., and from 1926 to 1928 to the University of California; in 1928 appointed systematic botanist and since February 1934 acting chief of the Natural Museum Division of the Bureau of Science, Manila, now director of the National Museum. When assigned to the U.S. Navy in Guiuan, at the southern tip of Samar, made collections in that region. He retired as director in November 1961, and was for some following years attached to the Araneta University. Quisumbing undertook restoration of the Herbarium, which was completely destroyed during the war.
Quisumbing was author of taxonomic and morphological papers, many of which deal with orchids, including ‘Medicinal plants in the Philippines’ (Manila 1951). Saccolabium quisumbingii has been named in his honour. He was recipient of the Distinguished Service Star (1954) for outstanding contribution to the field of systematic botany; Diploma of Merit on Orchidology and Fellow Gold Medal, Malaysian Orchid Society (1966); Gold Medal, American Orchid Society (1969),[1] and 1975 PhilAAS Most Outstanding Award.
The standard author abbreviation Quisumb. is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.[2]
See also
- Camellus
References
- ^ "AOS Medal and Award Recipients". American Orchid Society.
- ^ International Plant Names Index. Quisumb.
External links
- DOST – National Academy of Science and Technology at www.nast.dost.gov.ph
- QuisumbingE at www.nationaalherbarium.nl
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- Fe del Mundo, Pediatrics
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- Jose Encarnacion, Jr., Economics
- Luz Oliveros-Belardo, Phytochemistry
- Alfredo Lagmay, Experimental Psychology
- Paulo Campos, Nuclear Medicine
- Pedro Escuro, Genetics & Plant Breeding
- Clara Lim-Sylianco, Biochemistry & Organic Chemistry
- Dolores Ramírez, Biochemical Genetics & Cytogenetics
- José R. Velasco, Plant Physiology
- Gelia T. Castillo, Rural Sociology
- Bienvenido Juliano, Biochemistry
- Clare Baltazar, Systematic Entomology
- Benito Vergara, Plant Physiology
- Onofre Corpuz, Political Economics & Government
- Ricardo Lantican, Plant Breeding
- Lourdes Cruz, Biochemistry
- Teodulo Topacio Jr., Veterinary Medicine
- Mercedes Concepcion, Demography
- Ernesto Domingo, Internal Medicine/ Gastroenterology
- Perla Dizon Santos Ocampo, Pediatrics
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- Bienvenido Nebres,SJ, Mathematics
- Angel Alcala, Biological science
- Ramon Barba, Horticulture
- Edgardo Gomez, Marine Biology
- Gavino Trono, Jr., Marine Biology
- Emil Q. Javier, Agriculture
- Retired
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