Dimitrie Brândză
Dimitrie Brândză (Romanian pronunciation: [diˈmitri.e ˈbrɨnzə]; 1846 – 1895) was a Romanian botanist. He founded the Botanical Garden of Bucharest which is now named in his honor.
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Brândză was born in Viișoara, Botoșani County. After studying at the Academia Mihăileană in Iași, he earned a Ph.D. from the University of Paris in 1869. He was a professor at the University of Iași and the University of Bucharest. In 1897 he was elected titular member of the Romanian Academy.
He died in Slănic-Moldova and was buried at Bellu Cemetery, in Bucharest.
Taxa named in honour
There are number of plants with specific name brandzae. Including; Iris brandzae, Agropyron brandzae Pantu & Solacolu.[2] and Verbascum glabratum subsp. brandzae.[3]
Also a mussel in the Unionidae family is named, Potomida brandzae (Sabba S. Ștefănescu, 1896).[4]
References
- IPNI. D.Brândză.
- "Agropyron brandzae Pantu & Solacolu". wfo.kew.org. Retrieved 26 February 2015.
- "Verbascum glabratum subsp. brandzae (Franch. ex D.Brândză) Murb". theplantlist.org. Retrieved 26 February 2015.
- "Potomida brandzae (Sabba Ștefănescu, 1896): species synonymy". mussel-project.uwsp.edu. Retrieved 10 February 2020.
External links
- (in Romanian) "Short biography"