Rodrigo Escobar y Restrepo (1935–2009) was a Colombian

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 a leading specialist in

orchid Orchids are plants that belong to the family Orchidaceae (), a diverse and widespread group of flowering plants with blooms that are often colourful and fragrant. Along with the Asteraceae, they are one of the two largest families of flowering ...

Publications

Books

* Escobar, Rodrigo . 1991. Native Orchids of Colombia''.'' Ed Hill, Medellin. 6 vols. * ----------- Jorge Mario Munera . 1994. Native Colombian Orchids'':'' Maxillaria-Ponthieva. Volume 3 Native Colombian Orchids. 616 pp. Ed Hill. * Carlyle A. Luer , Rodrigo Escobar,

Fritz Hamer Fritz Hamer (22 November 1912, Hamburg - 13 January 2004, Sarasota, Florida) was an outstanding German botanist who worked in Central America, specializing in orchids. Biography Hamer received a business education and was employed by a Dutch exp ...

, stig Dalström . 1994. '' Dracularum Thesaurus: eine Monographie der Gattung Dracula, Volume 3''. 78 pp. Ed Missouri Botanical Garden. *

Carlyle A. Luer Carlyle August Luer (August 23, 1922 – November 9, 2019) was a botanist specializing in the Orchidaceae. His specialty interest was the Pleurothallidinae (Genus ''Pleurothallis'') and allied species. Born to Carl & Vera Luer, he was raised in ...

, Rodrigo Escobar . 1996. '' Systematics of Restrepia (Orchidaceae).'' Volume 13 Icones Pleurothallidinarum. 168 pp. Ed Missouri Botanical Garden. *

Calaway H. Dodson Calaway Homer Dodson (December 17, 1928 – August 9, 2020) was an American botanist, orchidologist, and taxonomist. Biography Dodson was born in Selma, California. He specialized in orchidology very early in his career. Over the course of hi ...

, Rodrigo Escobar . 2004. Native Ecuadorian Orchids'', Volume 1. Native Ecuadorian Orchids. Ed Hill.

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20th-century Colombian botanists Colombian academics Botanists with author abbreviations 1935 births 2009 deaths {{Colombia-botanist-stub