In memoriam Ching-I Peng (1950–2018)—an outstanding scientist and mentor with a remarkable legacy

Ching-I Peng, the most prolific and internationally recognized Taiwanese plant taxonomist of his generation, passed away on May 1, 2018. Dr. Peng was an eminent worker on the taxonomy of East Asian plants and the genus Ludwigia, and the foremost expert on Asian Begonia. He served as associate editor...

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Autor principal: Chung, Kuo-Fang
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer Singapore 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7182648/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32333228
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40529-020-00291-5
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description Ching-I Peng, the most prolific and internationally recognized Taiwanese plant taxonomist of his generation, passed away on May 1, 2018. Dr. Peng was an eminent worker on the taxonomy of East Asian plants and the genus Ludwigia, and the foremost expert on Asian Begonia. He served as associate editor, co-editor in chief, and editor-in-chief of Botanical Studies and its predecessor Botanical Bulletin of Academia Sinica during the period 1992–2016. He gathered over 25,000 plant specimens, name 121 plant taxa, and has left a remarkable legacy of literature, collaborations and collections. This article summarizes Dr. Peng’s academic career and commemorates his enduring contribution.
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spelling pubmed-71826482020-04-29 In memoriam Ching-I Peng (1950–2018)—an outstanding scientist and mentor with a remarkable legacy Chung, Kuo-Fang Bot Stud Obituary Ching-I Peng, the most prolific and internationally recognized Taiwanese plant taxonomist of his generation, passed away on May 1, 2018. Dr. Peng was an eminent worker on the taxonomy of East Asian plants and the genus Ludwigia, and the foremost expert on Asian Begonia. He served as associate editor, co-editor in chief, and editor-in-chief of Botanical Studies and its predecessor Botanical Bulletin of Academia Sinica during the period 1992–2016. He gathered over 25,000 plant specimens, name 121 plant taxa, and has left a remarkable legacy of literature, collaborations and collections. This article summarizes Dr. Peng’s academic career and commemorates his enduring contribution. Springer Singapore 2020-04-25 /pmc/articles/PMC7182648/ /pubmed/32333228 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40529-020-00291-5 Text en © The Author(s) 2020 Open AccessThis article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article's Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/.
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In memoriam Ching-I Peng (1950–2018)—an outstanding scientist and mentor with a remarkable legacy
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7182648/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32333228
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40529-020-00291-5
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