Santiago Castroviejo y Bolíbar (abbreviation Castrov.; 27 August 1946 in Tirán,

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– 30 September 2009 in

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) was a Spanish

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. He is credited with identifying and naming 63 species in the

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(International Plant Names Index). The abbreviation "Castrov." is used to indicate Santiago Castroviejo as an authority in the scientific description and classification of species.

Biography

He earned his PhD in

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from the

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in 1972. Santiago Castroviejo was a research professor at the Real Jardín Botánico (

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), Director of the

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between 1984 and 1994. He was the scientific director of the Coiba Project at the Coiba Biological Station (

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), principal investigator of the ''

Flora iberica ''Flora Iberica: Plantas vasculares de la Península Ibérica e Islas Baleares'' ("Vascular plants of the Iberian Peninsula and Balearic Islands") is a Spanish scientific journal specializing in botany. It was established in 1980. It is published ...

'' Project, principal investigator of the Anthos Project – Information System on Spanish Plants, member of the executive committee and the Steering Committee respectively of the projects: Euro+Med PlantBase and Species Plantarum Project-Flora of the World, President of the Spanish Royal Society of Natural History, Academician of the

Real Academia de Ciencias Exactas, Físicas y Naturales 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 ...

and Médaille du Conseil de la

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, among other important scientific distinctions. He was awarded the National Research Prize in 2009. He supervised 19 doctoral theses and authored more than 150 research papers published in national and international scientific journals.

Selected publications

* Castroviejo, S. & Ibáñez, A. (eds.) 2006. ''Estudios sobre la biodiversidad en la región de Bahía Honda''. Biblioteca de Ciencias (CSIC) – RACEFyN. 835 pp. * Castroviejo, S.; Sánchez-Monge, E. 2004. ''De familias géneros y especies. La eterna búsqueda de la estabilidad en la clasificación biológica''. Discurso de ingreso en el Real Academia de Cienciencias Exactas, Físicas y Naturales. Madrid, 79 pp. * Castroviejo, S. (Coord. Gen.) 2008. ''Flora iberica, XVIII''. xlvii + 678 pp. CSIC, Madrid * Castroviejo, S. 2008. ''Blysmus Panz. ex Schult.'' en S. Castroviejo (Coord. gen.), S. Castroviejo, M. Luceño, A. Galán, F.J. Cabezas & P. Jiménez Mejías (eds.) Flora iberica XVIII: 69–71 * Castroviejo, S. 2008. ''Cladium P.Browne'', en S. Castroviejo (Coord. gen.), S. Castroviejo, M. Luceño, A. Galán, F.J. Cabezas & P. Jiménez Mejías (eds.) Flora iberica XVIII:102–104 * Castroviejo, S. 2008. ''Cyperus L.'', en S. Castroviejo (Coord. gen.), S. Castroviejo, M. Luceño, A. Galán, F.J. Cabezas & P. Jiménez Mejías (eds.) Flora iberica XVIII: 8–27 * Castroviejo, S. 2008. ''Kyllinga Rottb.'', en S. Castroviejo (Coord. gen.), S. Castroviejo, M. Luceño, A. Galán, F.J. Cabezas & P. Jiménez Mejías (eds.). Flora iberica XVIII: 32–34 * Castroviejo, S. 2008. ''Pycreus P.Beauv.'', en S. Castroviejo (Coord. gen.), S. Castroviejo, M. Luceño, A. Galán, F.J. Cabezas & P. Jiménez Mejías (eds.). Flora iberica XVIII: 27–32 * Castroviejo, S. 2008. ''Scirpoides Ség.'', en S. Castroviejo (Coord. gen.), S. Castroviejo, M. Luceño, A. Galán, F.J. Cabezas & P. Jiménez Mejías (eds.). Flora iberica XVIII: 60–62 * Castroviejo, S. 2006. ''Más sobre Cyperus y Kylinga en la Península ibérica''. Acta Bot. Malacitana 31: 232–238 * Castroviejo, S. 2006. ''Presentación''. En S. Castroviejo & A. Ibáñez (eds.) 2006. Estudios sobre la biodiversidad en la región de Bahía Honda: 13–14. Biblioteca de Ciencias (CSIC) – RACEFyN * Castroviejo, S. 2006. ''Taxonomy, Floras and Conservation''; en E. Leadlay & S.L. Jury (eds.) 2006. Taxonomy and Plant Conservation: the Cornerstone of the Conservation and the Sustainable Use of Plants: 96–100. Cambridge University Press * Castroviejo, S.; Aedo, C. & Medina, L. 2006. ''Management of floristic information on the Internet: the Anthos solution''. Willdenowia 36: 127–136 * Quintanar, A; Catalán, P; Castroviejo, S. 2006. ''Adscription of Parafestuca albida (Lowe) e.b. Alexeev to Koeleria Pers.'' Taxon 55 (3): 664–670 * Castroviejo, S. 2003. ''Heracleum L.'' In: Nieto Feliner, G., S. L. Jury & A. Herrero (eds.) Flora iberica 10: 365–368.CSIC, Madrid * Brummitt, R. K.,Castroviejo, S., Chikuni, A. C., Orchard A. E., Smith, G. F. & Wagner, W.L. 2001. ''The Species Plantarum Project, an international collaborative initiative for higher plant taxonomy''. Taxon 50: 1217–1230

Honors

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The genus ''

Castroviejoa ''Castroviejoa'' is a genus of plants in the family Asteraceae, native to certain islands in the western Mediterranean. ; Species * '' Castroviejoa frigida'' (Labill.) Galbany, L.Sáez & Benedí - Corsica, Sardinia * '' Castroviejoa montelinasa ...

'' has been named in his honor ( Galbany, L.Sáez & Benedí 2004)in ''Butl. Inst. Catalana Hist. Nat. Secc. Bot.'' 71: 133 2004 (''Asteraceae'') And various

species In biology, a species is the basic unit of classification and a taxonomic rank of an organism, as well as a unit of biodiversity. A species is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate s ...

have been named after him. * ''Acalypha castroviejoi'' Cardiel in ''Brittonia'' 46(3): 205. 1994 * ''Amphibolips castroviejoi'' Medianero & Nieves-Aldrey in ''Zootaxa'' 2360: 48. 2010 * ''Aragoa castroviejoi'' Fern. Alonso in ''Anales Jard. Bot. Madrid'' 51(1): 82. 1993 * ''Armeria castroviejoi'' Nieto Fel. in ''Anales Jard. Bot. Madrid'' 44(2): 330. 1987 * ''Astragalus castroviejoi'' Talavera & Sánchez-Gómez in ''Anales Jard. Bot. Madrid'' 67(1): 42. 2010 * ''Carex castroviejoi'' Luceño & Jim.Mejías in ''Acta Bot. Malacitana'' 34. 2009 * ''Cuscuta castroviejoi'' M.Á.García in ''Ann. Bot. Fenn.'' 36(3): 167. 1999 * ''Filago castroviejoi'' Andrés-Sánchez, D.Gut.Larr., E.Rico & MMMart.Ort. in ''Bot. J. Linn. Soc.'' 179(4): 748. 2015 * ''Hippocrepis castroviejoi'' Talavera & E.Domínguez in ''Anales Jard. Bot. Madrid'' 57(2): 461. 2000 * ''Hyptis jacobi'' Fern.Alonso in ''Anales Jard. Bot. Madrid'' 67(2): 127–135. 2010 * ''Ophrys × castroviejoi'' Serra & JX Soler in ''An. Jard. Bot. Madrid'' 69(2): 237. 2012 * ''Rubus castroviejoi'' Mon.-Huelin in ''Bot. J. Linn. Soc.'' 115(1): 52. 1994 * ''Trinia castroviejoi'' Gómez Nav., Roselló, E.Laguna, PPFerrer, Peris, A. Guillén, A. Valdés & Sanchis in ''Sabuco'' 11: 18. 2015 Among his friends, he was known by the nickname Tatayo, which was used to dedicate a species. * ''Colymbada × tatayana'' (Fern.Casas & Susanna) Fern.Casas & Susanna in ''Fontqueria'' 2: 20 (1982) ''Centaurea × tatayana'' Fern. Casas & A. Susanna (= ''C. toletana'' Boiss. & Reuter var. ''toletana'' x ''C. ornata'' Willd.) in ''Anales Jard. Bot. Madrid'' 38(2): 530. 1982

References

External links

Brief biography, photo, and work

Obituary notice (September 30, 2009)
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Flora Iberica Project

Anthos Project

Obituary, in English
{{DEFAULTSORT:Castroviejo y Bolíbar, Santiago Spanish botanists 20th-century Spanish scientists 21st-century Spanish scientists Complutense University of Madrid alumni Spanish taxonomists People from Moaña People from Pontevedra 1946 births 2009 deaths