Manuel Benito Crespo (aka Manuel Benito Crespo Villalba) (born 1962), Spanish botanist.

IPNI standard form: M.B.Crespo

Taxon names authored

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• 38 taxon names authored by Manuel Benito Crespo

Publications

(List may be incomplete)

• Crespo, M.B. & Mateo Sanz, G. 1988. Consideraciones acerca de la presencia de Cistus heterophyllus Desf. en la Península Ibérica. Anales del Jardin Botánico de Madrid 45(1): 165–171. PDF. Reference page. 
• Crespo, M.B. & Mateo Sanz, G. 1990. Novelties on taxonomy and nomenclature of Spanish vascular hybrids. Collect. Bot. (Barcelona) 18: 93–98. PDF Reference page. 
• Crespo, M.B. 1991. Tipificación de Cistus carthaginensis Pau (Cistaceae). Anales del Jardin Botánico de Madrid 48(1): 88–90. PDF. Reference page. 
• Crespo, M.B., Serra, L. & Juan, A. 1998. Solenopsis (Lobeliaceae): a genus endemic in the Mediterranean region. Plant Systematics and Evolution 210(3–4): 211–229. DOI: 0.1007/BF00985669 Reference page. 
• Ríos, S., Crespo, M.B. & Rivera Núñez, D. 2001. The west Mediterranean orophilous taxa of Sideritis L. (Lamiaceae): a new species of subsection Hyssopifolia from south-eastern Spain. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 136(2): 247–254. DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8339.2001.tb00570.x Reference page. 
• Lledó, M.D., Davis, A.P., Crespo, M.B., Chase, M.W. & Fay, M.F. 2004. Phylogenetic analysis of Leucojum and Galanthus (Amaryllidaceae) based on plastid mat K and nuclear ribosomal spacer (ITS) DNA sequences and morphology. Plant Systematics and Evolution 246(3–4): 223–243. DOI: 10.1007/s00606-004-0152-0 ResearchGate Reference page. 
• Sáez, L., Sainz, M. & Crespo, M.B. 2004. Taxonomic notes on Linaria MILL. (Scrophulariaceae) for Flora Iberica. Folia Geobotanica 39(3): 293–318. DOI: 10.1007/BF02804783 JSTOR ResearchGate Reference page. 
• Lledó, M.D., Crespo, M.B., Fay, M.F., & Chase, M.W. 2005. Molecular phylogenetics of Limonium and related genera (Plumbaginaceae): biogeographical and systematic implications. American Journal of Botany 92(7): 1189–1198. DOI: 10.3732/ajb.92.7.1189 Reference page. 
• Manning, J.C., Martínez-Azorín, M. & Crespo, M.B. 2007. A revision of Ornithogalum subgenus Aspasia section Aspasia, the chincherinchees (Hyacinthaceae). Bothalia 37(2): 133–164. DOI: 10.4102/abc.v37i2.310 Reference page. 
• Martínez-Azorín, M., Crespo, M.B. & Juan, A. 2007. Taxonomic revision of Ornithogalum subgen. Cathissa (Salisb.) Baker (Hyacinthaceae). Anales del Jardin Botanico de Madrid 64(1): 7–25. DOI: 10.3989/ajbm.2007.v64.i1.47 Reference page. 
• Alonso Vargas, M.A. & Crespo, M.B. 2008. Taxonomic and nomenclatural notes on South American taxa of Sarcocornia (Chenopodiaceae). Annales Botanici Fennici 45: 241–254. PDF. Reference page. 
• Mateo Sanz, G. & Crespo, M.B. 2008. Novedades taxonómicas y nomenclaturales para la flora valenciana. Flora Montiberica 40: 60–70. Full issue PDF Reference page. 
• Martínez-Azorín, M. & Crespo, M.B. 2010. Taxonomic revision of Ornithogalum subg. Ornithogalum (Hyacinthaceae) in the Iberian Peninsula and the Balearic Islands. Plant Systematics and Evolution 289(3–4): 181–211. DOI: 10.1007/s00606-010-0343-9 ResearchGate Reference page. 
• Martínez-Azorín, M., Crespo, M.B., Juan, A. & Fay, M.F. 2011. Molecular phylogenetics of subfamily Ornithogaloideae (Hyacinthaceae) based on nuclear and plastid DNA regions, including a new taxonomic arrangement. Annals of Botany 107(1): 1–37. DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcq207 ResearchGate Reference page. 
• Guilló, A., Alonso, M.A., Juan, A. & Crespo, M.B. 2011. Nomenclatural Notes on Sarcocornia perennis (Mill.) A. J. Scott (Amaranthaceae). Candollea 66(2): 331–335. DOI: 10.15553/c2011v662a9 PDF Reference page. 
• Ferrer Gallego, P.P., Laguna Lumbreras, E. & Crespo, M.B. 2013. Typification of six Linnaean names in Cistus L. (Cistaceae). Taxon 62(5): 1046–1049. DOI: 10.12705/625.6. Reference page. 
• Martínez-Azorín, M., Crespo, M.B. & Dold, A.P. 2013: Stellarioides chartacea (Hyacinthaceae, Ornithogaloideae), a new species from the Eastern Cape Province in South Africa. Phytotaxa 85(1): 1–8. DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.85.1.1 Reference page. 
• Castroviejo, S.†, Rico, E., Crespo, M.B., Quintanar, A., Herrero, A. & Aedo, C. (eds.) 2013. Flora Ibérica. Plantas Vasculares de la Península Ibérica e Islas Baleares. Vol. XX. Liliaceae − Agavaceae. l + 651 pp., Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC, Madrid. ISBN 978-84-00-09745-5. Biblioteca Digital. Reference page. 
• Mateo Sanz, G. & Crespo, M.B. 2014. Novedades Taxonómicas y Nomenclaturales Para la Flora Valenciana, III. Flora Montiberica 58: 24–33. PDF. Reference page. 
• Martínez-Azorín, M., Pinter, M., Deutsch, G., Brudermann, A., Dold, A.P., Crespo, M.B., Pfosser, M. & Wetschnig, W.. 2014. Massonia amoena (Asparagaceae, Scilloideae), a striking new species from the Eastern Cape, South Africa. Phytotaxa 181(3): 138–150. DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.181.3.1 Reference page. 
• Martínez-Azorín, M. & Crespo, M.B. 2014. Validation of several names in Hyacinthaceae. Taxon 63(6): 1327–1334. DOI: 10.12705/636.21 JSTOR ResearchGate Reference page. 
• Yıldırım, H., & Crespo, M. 2014. Acantholimon riyatguelii (Plumbaginaceae), a threatened new unarmed species from Central Anatolia, Turkey. Phytotaxa 175(2): 73–84. DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.175.2.2 Reference page. 
• Crespo, M.B., Martínez-Azorín, M. & Mavrodiev, E.V. 2015. Can a rainbow consist of a single colour? A new comprehensive generic arrangement of the ‘Iris sensu latissimo’ clade (Iridaceae), congruent with morphology and molecular data. Phytotaxa 232(1): 1–78. DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.232.1.1 Reference page. 
• Martínez-Azorín, M.M., Crespo, M.B., Pinter, M. & Wetschnig, W. 2015. Eliokarmos craibii (Asparagaceae, Scilloideae), a new species from Pella se Berge, Northern Cape Province, South Africa. Phytotaxa 204(1): 65–74. DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.204.1.5 Reference page. 
• Martínez-Azorín, M., Crespo, M.B., Dold, A.P., Pinter, M. & Wetschnig, W. 2015. New combinations and lectotype designations in Asparagaceae subfam. Scilloideae. Phytotaxa 201(2): 165–171. DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.201.2.7 Abstract Reference page. 
• Martínez-Azorín, M. & Crespo, M.B. 2016. (2483) Proposal to conserve the name Scilla (Hyacinthaceae) with a conserved type. Taxon 65(6): 1427–1428. DOI: 10.12705/656.19 Reference page. 
• Alonso, M.A., Crespo, M.B. & Freitag, H. 2017. Salicornia cuscoensis (Amaranthaceae/Chenopodiaceae), a new species from Peru (South America). Phytotaxa 319(3): 254–262. DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.319.3.4 Reference page. 
• Akaydın, G. & Crespo, M.B. 2018. Acantholimon davisii (Plumbaginaceae), a new specific name for the Turkish endemic A. caryophyllaceum subsp. parviflorum. Phytotaxa 334(1): 80–82. DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.334.1.13 Reference page. 
• Boltenkov, E.V. & Crespo, M.B. 2019. (2717) Proposal to reject the name Iris biflora (Iridaceae). Taxon 68(5): 1118–1119. DOI: 10.1002/tax.12143 ResearchGate Reference page. 
• Martínez-Azorín, M., Crespo, M.B., Alonso Vargas, M.Á., Dold, A.P., Crouch, N.R., Pfosser, M., Mucina, L., Pinter, M. & Wetschnig, W. 2019. New combinations in the tribe Urgineeae (Asparagaceae subfam. Scilloideae) with comments on contrasting taxonomic treatments. Phytotaxa 397(4): 291–299. DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.397.4.3 PDF Reference page. 
• Crespo, M.B., Alonso Vargas, M.Á. & Martínez-Azorín, M. 2020. Melinis maroccana (Melinidinae, Paniceae, Poaceae), a new combination for the Moroccan flora, and comments on related taxa. Phytotaxa 433(1): 77–80. DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.433.1.9 Reference page.