Don Vicente Cervantes was a contemporary of Martín Sessé y Lacasta and corresponded with Jean-Louis Berlandier, the French naturalist who botanized in Mexico and Texas as part of the Mexican Boundary Commission. He was also the first Professor of Botany in New Spain, at the Royal Botanic Garden in Mexico City.
It is after him that the magnificent Odontoglossum orchid, the "Cervantes Odontoglot" (Odontoglossum cervantesii), is named.
Juan Diego del Castillo (d. 1793) joined Cervantes in Mexico. Del Castillo left a large sum of money towards the printing of their projected book Flora Mexicana. Cervantes named the genusCastilla, consisting of three large latex yielding trees, after him.[1]
Vicente de Cervantes, Castilla, in Gazeta de Literatura de México 1794, Suppl.: 7. (2 July 1794)
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"La realidad se ha convertido en una materia" Enciclopedia de México, v. 2. Mexico City: 1987.
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vicente, cervantes, vicente, vincente, cervantes, 1755, ledrada, 1829, mexico, notable, spanish, mexican, physician, botanist, contents, background, notes, publications, references, external, linksbackground, editdon, contemporary, martín, sessé, lacasta, corr. Vicente or Vincente de Cervantes 1755 in Ledrada 1829 in Mexico was a notable Spanish and Mexican physician and botanist Contents 1 Background 2 Notes 3 Publications 4 References 5 External linksBackground EditDon Vicente Cervantes was a contemporary of Martin Sesse y Lacasta and corresponded with Jean Louis Berlandier the French naturalist who botanized in Mexico and Texas as part of the Mexican Boundary Commission He was also the first Professor of Botany in New Spain at the Royal Botanic Garden in Mexico City It is after him that the magnificent Odontoglossum orchid the Cervantes Odontoglot Odontoglossum cervantesii is named Juan Diego del Castillo d 1793 joined Cervantes in Mexico Del Castillo left a large sum of money towards the printing of their projected book Flora Mexicana Cervantes named the genus Castilla consisting of three large latex yielding trees after him 1 The standard author abbreviation Cerv is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name 2 Notes Edit M J R Loadman Tears of the Tree The Story of Rubber a Modern Marvel Oxford Oxford University Press 2005 25 International Plant Names Index Cerv Publications EditVicente de Cervantes Castilla in Gazeta de Literatura de Mexico 1794 Suppl 7 2 July 1794 References Edit La realidad se ha convertido en una materia Enciclopedia de Mexico v 2 Mexico City 1987 External links EditBerlandier papers at Harvard Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Vicente Cervantes amp oldid 1140500510, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
