Lira Saade, Rafael (1955-)

Herbarium
Natural History Museum (BM)
Collection
Plant Collectors
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Contributor
Natural History Museum (BM)
First name(s)
Rafael
Last name
Lira Saade
Initials
R.
Life Dates
1955 -
Collecting Dates
1990 -
Specification
Plant collector
Groups collected
Spermatophytes
Organisation(s)
MEXU (main), BM, ENCB, IEB, IZTA, MICH, XAL
Countries
Central American Continent: Guatemala, Mexico
Associate(s)
Cabrera Martínez, Lidia Irene (1964-) (co-author)
Dávila Aranda, Patricia Dolóres (1955-) (co-author)
Flores, César (fl. 1998) (co-collector)
Hampshire, Rachel Jane (1956-) (co-collector)
Reyes García, Alberto (fl. 1987-2003) (co-collector)
Rojas Zenteno, Carlos (1951-) (co-collector)
Soto Núñez, José Carmen (fl. 1978-1995) (co-author, co-collector)
Sutton, David Andrew (1952-) (co-collector)
Biography
Mexican botanist. Rafael Lira Saade studied biology at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM)'s Faculty of Sciences and gained his undergraduate degree with a thesis on the pteridological flora of the Sierra de Santa Marta in Los Tuxtlas, Veracruz. He continued to study for a master's degree at the Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones Sobre Recursos Bióticos (INIREB), having studied the taxonomy and ethnobotany of the Curcurbitaceae of the Yucatan Peninsula. Returning to UNAM he received a PhD for his thesis on the taxonomy of the genus Sechium P.Br. (Cucurbitaceae). Lira Saade works for the Facultad de Estudios Superiores Iztacala (UNAM) as a full time professor (titular 'B'). Specialising in plant systematics, ethnobotany and phytogeography he is working on a project to study the demography of useful plants. His research has resulted in the publication of over 60 articles, 7 books and 10 book chapters and he has directed many student theses, both undergraduate and postgraduate.

Sources:
FESIztacala (UNAM), Reseña de Personal, Dr Rafael Lira Saade:
http://www.iztacala.unam.mx/mmrg/mega/Personal/Profesores/RafaelLira.htm.
References
Brummitt, R.K. & Powell, C.E., Authors Pl. Names (1992): 377;
Lira Saade, Rafael (1955-)
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