Naves, Andres |
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(Source: Flora Malesiana ser. 1, 1: Cyclopaedia of collectors) |
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Born: 1839, Cortina in Asturias, Spain. Died: 1910, Valladolid, Spain. |
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An Augustinian friar who collected plants in the Philippines together with his colleague C. Fernandez-Villar (see there).1 Clerodendron navesianum Vidal was named after him (cf. Backer, Verkl. Woordenb., 1936). |
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Lost by fire in 1899, in the burning of the Guadalupe convent near Manila. Possibly duplicates of his collections were sent to Madrid before then. |
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(1) Together they edited the 3rd edition of Blanco, Flora de Filippinas, adding a name list (Novissima Appendix) of all Philippine plants known at that time. A. Naves: ‘Prosopis vidaliana’ (1877, p. 1-19, t. 1-2). (non vidi). |