Английская Википедия:Dora Emilia Mora de Retana

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Dora Emilia Mora de Retana (24 August 1939 – 12 July 2001) was a noted Costa Rican botanist, known primarily for her work with orchids. She compiled an extensive catalogue of the variations of the flower found in Costa Rica which became the seminal reference work on the family Orchidaceae in the country for over a decade. There are at least five species of orchids named in her honor and in 2011, a plaque bearing her name was installed at the Lankester Botanical Garden to recognize her contributions to its development.

Early life

Dora Emilia de los Angeles Mora Monge was born on 24 August 1939 in Cartago Province, Costa Rica.Шаблон:SfnШаблон:Sfn[Notes 1] After completing her primary schooling at Escuela Sagrado Corazón de Jesús (Sacred Heart of Jesus School) she finished her high school studies in a school of the same name. Going on to university, she enrolled in the University of Costa Rica to study botany and attained her bachelor's degree in Biology.Шаблон:Sfn She studied under Rafael Lucas Rodríguez, who developed the academic and scientific study of Costa Rican orchids,Шаблон:Sfn and graduated in 1968,Шаблон:Sfn becoming one of the first academically trained orchidologists in the country.Шаблон:SfnШаблон:Sfn Her thesis Crecimiento y desarrollo del ápice del vástago vegetativo y de la hoja de Acnistus arborescens Schltdl (Growth and development of the apex of the vegetative stem and leaf of Acnistus arborescens Schltdl), evaluated a type of Solanaceae.Шаблон:SfnШаблон:Sfn

Career

In 1969 Mora became the Chair of Fundamentals of Biology at the University of Costa Rica (UCR) and then in 1973 assumed the Chair for General Biology. In 1978, she was promoted to Chair of General Botany,Шаблон:Sfn and the following year was named as the first director of the Lankester Botanical Garden. Under her direction, the private orchid farm was transformed into a botanical garden and research facility.Шаблон:Sfn She developed the first infrastructure of the garden and coordinated its landscape development, inviting scientists to conduct research activities.Шаблон:Sfn She is widely credited with bringing the facility to international acclaim.Шаблон:SfnШаблон:SfnШаблон:Sfn

In 1984, Mora collaborated with Robert Louis Dressler to prepare the first course on orchidology at UCR.Шаблон:SfnШаблон:Sfn In 1992, she published with Шаблон:Ill Lista actualizada de las orquídeas de Costa Rica (Updated list of Costa Rican orchids), the first catalogue of Costa Rican orchids printed since 1937. Their work included identification of forty-six new genera and four hundred sixty-seven new species identified since Paul Standley had published Flora of Costa Rica.Шаблон:Sfn The meticulous work became a consultative text for all researchers wanting to study the family Orchidaceae in Costa Rica for the next decade.Шаблон:Sfn In 1989, her work with other scientists led to the inclusion of 300 illustrations of Costa Rican orchids, of which most samples were found in the Lankester Garden, in the series Icones Plantarum Tropicarum.Шаблон:Sfn She was a co-author of John T. Atwood's 1999 book Flora costaricensis on the Maxillarieae tribe of orchids native to Costa Rica,Шаблон:Sfn which would be her most important legacy to orchid taxonomy.Шаблон:Sfn

Death and legacy

A year before her death de Retana was diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, commonly known as Lou Gehrig's disease, Шаблон:Sfn which prompted her retirement.Шаблон:Sfn Numerous new orchid species have been named in her honor, including: Шаблон:Ill named by Eric Hágsater, Шаблон:Ill identified by Шаблон:Ill, Шаблон:Ill recorded by Robert Louis Dressler, Шаблон:Ill described by Carlyle A. Luer, and Шаблон:Ill distinguished by Calaway H. Dodson and Rodrigo Escobar.Шаблон:Sfn In 2011, the University of Costa Rica dedicated a plaque to her memory in the Lankester Garden.Шаблон:Sfn

Selected works

Mora published over 25 scientific articles concerning mainly orchids. Her most important publications include:Шаблон:Sfn

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