Joseph Edward Laferrière

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

Joseph Edward Laferrière
Born1955
NationalityAmerican
EducationUniversity of Arizona
Scientific career
FieldsBotany
Author abbrev. (botany)Laferr.

He obtained his Ph.D. from the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at the University of Arizona in 1991 with a dissertation titled "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" (PDF). 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. S2CID 34408739.
  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. International Plant Names Index.  Laferr.

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