Constantine Goulimis

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Constantine Goulimis (also appears as Constantine N. Goulimy; Kōnstantinos N Goulimēs), (1886-1963) was a lawyer and successful amateur botanist. He discovered several species of Greek plants.

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[edit] Education and career

Goulimis was born in Athens, on 13th July 1886, and studied law in Athens, Paris, London, Rome and Berlin where he obtained his PhD. He practised law in Athens and was, for some time, legal advisor to the British Embassy in Athens. In 1945 he was a member of the Greek delegation to San Francisco for the United Nations Conference on International Organization that led to the formation of the United Nations.

During the Second World War, when in South Africa, Goulimis became interested in botany. Upon his return to Greece in 1945 and until his death on 20th May 1963, he visited many regions of Greece in search of plants. His collection of plants (herbarium) is stored in The Goulandris Museum of Natural History. He authored Wild Flowers of Greece[1], which was illustrated by Niki Goulandris.

The standard author abbreviation Goulimy is used to indicate this individual as the author when citing a botanical name.[2]

[edit] Discoveries

Crocus goulimyi albus - Photograph by M Ireland
Crocus goulimyi albus - Photograph by M Ireland

Among the plants Goulimis discovered:

[edit] References

  • Goulimēs K.N., N.A. Goulandris, W.T. Stearn Wild flowers of Greece Kifissia, Goulandris Botanical Museum, 1968.
  • Goulimēs K.N., New additions to the Greek flora : second series, Athenai, 1960.
  • Goulimēs K.N., To oros bourinos kai i chlōris tou, Athenai, 1960.

[edit] External links

Goulandris Museum of Natural History