José Jerónimo Triana

José Jerónimo Triana Silva (May 22, 1826 in Bogotá – October 31, 1890 in Paris) was a Colombian botanist who catalogued 60,000 specimens representing 8,000 species.

For example:

Acisanthera alsinaefolia (DC.) Triana
Miconia albicans (Sw.) Triana
Miconia candolleana Triana
Passiflora quadrangularis Triana and Planch

The standard author abbreviation Triana is used to indicate this individual as the author when citing a botanical name.^[1]

Published works

Nuevos géneros y especies de plantas para la flora neogranadina (1855)
Flora colombiana (1856)
Monografía de las gutíferas (1856)
Enumeración de las plantas de Nueva Granada (1862–1867)

References

(Spanish) La Biblioteca Luis Ángel Arango: Referencias bibliograficas sobre La Comision Corografica y sus miembros; José Jéronimo Triana. (References about José Jéronimo Triana)
John Hendley Barnhart (1965). Biographical Notes upon Botanists. G.K. Hall & Co. (Boston).
Kyle, RA and Shampo, MA. "Jose Jeronimo Triana: Colombian botanist." Proceedings of the Mayo Clinic 61, no. 11 (1986): 892. Abstract retrieved July 18, 2006 from [1]

^ "Author Query". International Plant Names Index. http://www.ipni.org/ipni/authorsearchpage.do.

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Name	Triana, Jose Jeronimo
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Date of birth	May 22, 1826
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Date of death	October 31, 1890
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