Dimitrie Brândză

Dimitrie Brândză (Romanian pronunciation: [diˈmitri.e ˈbrɨnzə]; 1846 – 1895) was a Romanian botanist. He founded the Botanical Garden of Bucharest, which is now named in his honor.

Dimitrie Brândză
Poșta Română stamp from 2010

Brândză was born in Viișoara, Botoșani County. After studying at the Academia Mihăileană in Iași, he earned a Ph.D. from the University of Paris in 1869. He was a professor at the University of Iași and the University of Bucharest. In 1879 he was elected titular member of the Romanian Academy.[1]

He died in Slănic-Moldova and was buried at Bellu Cemetery, in Bucharest.

Taxa named in honour

There are number of plants with specific name brandzae. Including; Iris brandzae, Agropyron brandzae Pantu & Solacolu.[3] and Verbascum glabratum subsp. brandzae.[4]

Also a mussel in the Unionidae family is named, Potomida brandzae (Sabba S. Ștefănescu, 1896).[5]

References
  1. "MEMBRII ACADEMIEI ROMÂNE din 1866 până în prezent". Academia Română. Retrieved 21 September 2020.
  2. IPNI.  D.Brândză.
  3. "Agropyron brandzae Pantu & Solacolu". wfo.kew.org. Retrieved 26 February 2015.
  4. "Verbascum glabratum subsp. brandzae (Franch. ex D.Brândză) Murb". theplantlist.org. Retrieved 26 February 2015.
  5. "Potomida brandzae (Sabba Ștefănescu, 1896): species synonymy". mussel-project.uwsp.edu. Retrieved 10 February 2020.
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