Miguel Colmeiro y Penido (22 October 1816–21 June 1901) was a Spanish

botanist Botany, also called , plant biology or phytology, is the science of plant life and a branch of biology. A botanist, plant scientist or phytologist is a scientist who specialises in this field. The term "botany" comes from the Ancient Greek wo ...

, and member of the

Spanish Royal Academy of Sciences The Spanish Royal Academy of Sciences (Spanish: ''Real Academia de Ciencias Exactas, Físicas y Naturales'') is an academic institution and learned society that was founded in Madrid in 1847. It is dedicated to the study and research of mathemat ...

(''Real Academia de Ciencias Exactas, Físicas y Naturales)''.

Biography

Colmeiro was born on 22 October 1816 in

Santiago de Compostela Santiago de Compostela is the capital of the autonomous community of Galicia, in northwestern Spain. The city has its origin in the shrine of Saint James the Great, now the Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela, as the destination of the Way of St ...

. He was the rector of the Faculty of Sciences in the

Complutense University of Madrid The Complutense University of Madrid ( es, Universidad Complutense de Madrid; UCM, links=no, ''Universidad de Madrid'', ''Universidad Central de Madrid''; la, Universitas Complutensis Matritensis, links=no) is a public research university loca ...

where he later became the Dean. He had been the Director of the

Real Jardín Botánico de Madrid ' (Spanish for ''Royal Botanical Garden of Madrid'') is an botanical garden in Madrid (Spain). The public entrance is located at , next to the Prado Museum. History The garden was founded on October 17, 1755, by King Ferdinand VI, and i ...

, and professor of Phytography and Botanical Geography. He also was a member of the

and of the ''Real Academia Nacional de Medicina de España.'' He is known as the author of many notable botanical works. He was one of the founder of the ''Real Sociedad Española de Historia Natural''. He received the Knight Grand Cross of the Civil Order of María Victoria. He died in Madrid on 21 June 1901.

Honors

Eponymous * (

Asteraceae The family Asteraceae, alternatively Compositae, consists of over 32,000 known species of flowering plants in over 1,900 genera within the order Asterales. Commonly referred to as the aster, daisy, composite, or sunflower family, Compositae w ...

) ''

Cirsium ''Cirsium'' is a genus of perennial and biennial flowering plants in the Asteraceae, one of several genera known commonly as thistles. They are more precisely known as plume thistles. These differ from other thistle genera ('' Carduus'', ''Silyb ...

colmeiroanum'' * (

) ''

Hieracium ''Hieracium'' (), known by the common name hawkweed and classically as (from ancient Greek ιεράξ, 'hawk'), is a genus of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae, and closely related to dandelion (''Taraxacum''), chicory ('' Cichorium'') ...

colmeiroanum'' * (

Malvaceae Malvaceae, or the mallows, is a family of flowering plants estimated to contain 244 genera with 4225 known species. Well-known members of economic importance include okra, cotton, cacao and durian. There are also some genera containing familiar ...

) ''

Malva ''Malva'' is a genus of herbaceous annual, biennial, and perennial plants in the family Malvaceae. It is one of several closely related genera in the family to bear the common English name mallow. The genus is widespread throughout the temper ...

colmeiroi'' * (

Oleaceae Oleaceae, also known as the olive family, is a taxonomic family of flowering shrubs, trees, and a few lianas in the order Lamiales, It presently comprises 28 genera, one of which is recently extinct.Peter S. Green. 2004. "Oleaceae". pages 296-30 ...

) ''

Phillyrea ''Phillyrea'' is a genus of two species of flowering plants in the family Oleaceae, native to the Mediterranean region, and naturalized in the Canary Islands and Madeira. They are evergreen shrubs or small trees growing to 3–9 m tall, related ...

× colmeiroana'' * (

Rhamnaceae The Rhamnaceae are a large family of flowering plants, mostly trees, shrubs, and some vines, commonly called the buckthorn family. Rhamnaceae is included in the order Rosales. The family contains about 55 genera and 950 species. The Rhamnaceae h ...

) '' Rhamnus × colmeiroi''

Works

* " Exámen de las encinas y demas árboles de la Península que producen bellotas : con la designacion de los que se llaman mestos" by Colmeiro, Miguel, 1816-1901; Geofrin, José María; Boutelou, Esteban *
La botánica y los botánicos de la Peninsula Hispano-Lusitana : estudios bibliográficos y biográficos
1858 *
Enumeración y revisión de las plantas de la península hispano-lusitana e Islas Baleares
1886-89.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Colmeiro Penido, Miguel 19th-century Spanish botanists 1816 births 1901 deaths People from Santiago de Compostela Academic staff of the Complutense University of Madrid