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José Antonio Molina Rosito
Honduran botanist (1926–2012)
José Antonio Molina Rositto (February 28, 1926, in Tegucigalpa – 23 September 2012), usually known as Antonio Molina, was a Honduran botanist and Professor emeritus at the Zamorano Pan-American School of Agriculture.[1] The standard author abbreviation Ant.Molina is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.[2]
- There are many people named Antonio Molina. See Molina for a partial list.
Molina has discovered over 100 species of native, Honduran flora. One in particular,[3] an orchid named Rhyncholaelia digbyana, was declared the national flower of Honduras (Flor Nacional de Honduras) on 1969 November 26.[4]
Peter Karl Endress named Molinadendron, a particular genus of small evergreen trees, after Molina.[5]
He is married to Albertina de Molina, also a professor at Zamorano.[3]