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Famous camellia taxonomist, prof. MIN Tianlu(闵天禄), had passed away

13 March 2021  1389 By: wangzhonglang

Prof. Min Tianlu (闵天禄 Ming Tien-lu) was born on 8 December 1937 in SE Yunnan’s Luoping county, a taxonomist doctoral supervisor and professor of the Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, had passed away in Kunming on 25 February 2021 at the age of 84.

Prof. Min Tianlu has been engaged in seed plant systematics and geography for forty years. He was the famous taxonomist on the families Theaceae, Ericaceae and Anacardiaceae et. al.  He was one of authors for many taxonomy related books, like Flora of China , Flora of Yunnan, Flora of Tibet, Illustrated Book of Higher Plants of China, and Encyclopedia of China.

On camellia taxonomy, he published more than 30 papers and some books, like Monograph of the genus Camellia (世界山茶属的研究 2000), Flora of China, vol.12 (英文版中国植物志 2007), Flora Yunnanica, tomus 8: Theaceae (云南植物志 1997). Chinese Camellia Culture (中国茶花文化 2003).

The book Monograph of the Genus Camellia (2000) was his major work on the researches of camellia, which was considered as one of the three major camellia classification systems in the history of camellia studies. The other two camellia classification systems was established by J. Robert Sealy in 1958 and Zhang Hongda (H. T. Chang) in 1981.

 

Part of papers prof. Min published:

吴征镒等, 《云南植物志》的编研. 云南省,中国科学院昆明植物研究所,2010-05-13.

Bruce BartholomewMing Tienlu. New Combinations in Chinese Polyspora (Theaceae). Novon [J]. ( 2005(15): 264–266.

闵天禄, 世界山茶属植物的系统分类和植物地理学综合研究. 云南省,中国科学院昆明植物研究所,2006-01-01.

邓德山,闵天禄.猕猴桃属植物狗枣子的修订[J].云南植物研究,2003(01):41-45.

王跃华,闵天禄,胡晓立,曹丽敏,何瀚.山茶科濒危植物猪血木的生态与繁殖特性[J].云南植物研究,2002(06):725-732.

闵天禄.山茶属的系统大纲[J].云南植物研究,1999(02):21-31.

张文驹,闵天禄.山茶属的细胞地理学研究[J].云南植物研究,1999(02):56-68.

张文驹,闵天禄.九种二变种山茶属植物的核型报道[J].云南植物研究,1999(01):53-58.

张文驹,闵天禄.山茶属山茶组的细胞地理学研究[J].云南植物研究,1998(03):71-72+75-78.

闵天禄.山茶属山茶组植物的分类,分化和分布[J].云南植物研究,1998(02):2-23.

闵天禄.云南山茶科新种和新变种[J].云南植物研究,1997(03):7-9.

闵天禄,张文驹.山茶属植物的进化与分布[J].云南植物研究,1996(01):1-13.

方瑞征,闵天禄.杜鹃属植物区系的研究[J].云南植物研究,1995(04):359-379.

杨世雄,闵天禄.山茶科核果茶属、石笔木属和拟核果茶属的分类学位置[J].云南植物研究,1995(02):192-196.

张文驹,闵天禄.山茶属古茶组植物的细胞学研究[J].云南植物研究,1995(01):48-54.

杨世雄,闵天禄.山茶科核果茶属和石笔木属的胚胎学研究[J].云南植物研究,1995(01):67-71.

张文驹,闵天禄.九种金花茶种皮的电镜扫描观察[J].广西植物,1995(01):36-38+98-99.

闵天禄.山茶属新组──柱蕊茶组[J].云南植物研究,1994(04):343-344.

陈振峰,闵天禄.云南漆树属一新种[J].云南植物研究,1994(04):347-348.

闵天禄,钟业聪.山茶属瘤果茶组植物的订正[J].云南植物研究,1993(02):123-130.

闵天禄,张文驹.山茶属古茶组和金花茶组的分类学问题[J].云南植物研究,1993(01):1-15.

韦仲新,闵天禄,M.S.Zavada.山茶属的花粉形态及其分类学意义[J].云南植物研究,1992(03):275-282+347-354.

闵天禄.山茶属茶组植物的订正[J].云南植物研究,1992(02):115-132.

闵天禄,朱华.云南柃木属一新种[J].云南植物研究,1991(02):139-140.

闵天禄,方瑞征.杜鹃属的系统发育与进化[J].云南植物研究,1990(04):353-365.

闵天禄.云南乌头属新植物[J].云南植物研究,1985(03):301-305.

闵天禄.滇藏常绿杜鹃亚属的修订[J].云南植物研究,1984(02):141-171.

闵天禄,方瑞征.点苍山的植被与杜鹃属植物的分布[J].云南植物研究,1982(04):383-391.

方瑞征,闵天禄.喜马拉雅山脉的隆升对杜鹃属区系形成的影响[J].云南植物研究,1981(02):147-157.

闵天禄.滇川杜鹃属的新分类群[J].云南植物研究,1981(01):113-122.

闵天禄.中国漆树科植物的地理分布及其区系特征[J].云南植物研究,1980(04):390-401.

闵天禄,方瑞征.杜鹃属(Rhododendron L.)的地理分布及其起源问题的探讨[J].云南植物研究,1979(02):17-28.

 

 


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