Joseph Edward Laferrière

Joseph Edward Laferrière
Born 1955
Nationality American
Fields Botany
Author abbrev. (botany) Laferr.

Joseph Edward Laferrière (born 1955)[1] is an American botanist with a particular interest in ethnobotany.

He obtained his Ph.D. from the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at the University of Arizona in 1991 with a dissertation entitled "Optimal use of ethnobotanical resources by the Mountain Pima of Chihuahua, Mexico".[2][3] Among other institutions, he has held professional positions at Washington State University,[4] Biosphere 2,[5] and the Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Morelos (in Cuernavaca, Mexico).[6]

He is the author or co-author of the botanical names of some 120 taxa, including Berberis pimana, Hymenocallis clivorum, Hymenocallis pimana, Laennecia pimana, Pectis pimana, Prionosciadium saraviki, and Yucca declinata.[7]

References

  1. ↑ "HUH Botanist Record". Harvard University Herbaria (online). Retrieved 2014-05-11.
  2. ↑ Hays, Terence E.; Laferrière, Joseph E. (1992). "Recent Doctoral Dissertations of Interest to Ethnobiologists: Fall 1991 to Fall 1992". Journal of Ethnobiology 12 (2): 213–224. Retrieved 2014-05-11. p. 219.
  3. ↑ Laferriere, J.E. 1991. Optimal Use of Ethnobotanical Resources by the Mountain Pima of Chihuahua, Mexico. PhD Dissertation, University of Arizona.
  4. ↑ Laferrière, Joseph (1992). "Notes on Economic Plants". Economic Botany 46 (1): 112–116. doi:10.1007/BF02985259.
  5. ↑ Laferrière, Joseph E. (1995). "Nomenclature and type specimens in Eustrephus and Geitonoplesium (Geitonoplesiaceae)". Austrobaileya 4 (3): 391–399. JSTOR 41738875.
  6. ↑ Marroquín, Jorge S.; Laferrière, Joseph (1997). "Transfer of Specific and Infraspecific Taxa from Mahonia to Berberis". Journal of the Arizona-Nevada Academy of Science 46 (1): 53–55. JSTOR 40022442.
  7. ↑ "IPNI Plant Name Query Results for 'Laferr.'". The International Plant Names Index. Retrieved 2014-05-11. (Eliminating duplicate taxa in this list.)
  8. ↑ "Author Query for 'Laferr.'". International Plant Names Index.

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