Caetano Xavier dos Remedios Furtado (14 October 1897 – 13 June 1980) was a botanist who specialized in palms. He worked at the Singapore botanical gardens. He described nearly 104 species of palms, worked on the African genus Hyphaene and on the family Araceae. The species Maxburretia furtadoana was named after him by John Dransfield in 1978. He was also involved in clarifying the terms "illegitimate" and "superfluous" names in taxonomic nomenclature.[1][2][3][4] He also coined the word "basinym" which was modified as basionym.[5]
Furtado was born in Douniar, Merces, Portuguese Goa, son of physician Jose Irneu das Augustias dos Remedios and Maria Eloisa Anacleta de Sousa and went to the Poona Agricultural College, receiving a B.Ag. in 1921. He then went to Burma as an agronomist and joined the Singapore Botanic Gardens in 1923. He received a D.Sc. from the University of Bombay in 1939. He knew Portuguese and English from early on and studied Italian so as to be able to read the works of Beccari, as well as Spanish, French and German in order to read systematic literature.[6][7][8] Apart from palm taxonomy, he also wrote on matter of systematics[9][10] and also wrote extensively including some biographical notes on I.H. Burkill.[11][12] Furtado's wife Ana Sebastiana da Piedade was from Calangute and they had 3 sons and 3 daughters.
The standard author abbreviation Furtado is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.[13]
References[edit]
- ^ Furtado, C. X. (1965). "The Traditional Meaning of Legitimate". Taxon. 14 (8): 277–281. doi:10.2307/1217051. ISSN 0040-0262. JSTOR 1217051.
- ^ Furtado, C. X. (1956). ""Illegitimate" Names under the Rules". Taxon. 5 (7): 149–153. doi:10.2307/1216646. ISSN 0040-0262. JSTOR 1216646.
- ^ Furtado, C. X. (1960). "Superfluous names and later Homonyms". Taxon. 9 (5): 147–150. doi:10.2307/1217383. ISSN 0040-0262. JSTOR 1217383.
- ^ Furtado, C. X. (1962). "Unpalatable consequences of certain rules". Taxon. 11 (6): 192–195. doi:10.2307/1217220. ISSN 0040-0262. JSTOR 1217220.
- ^ Furtado, C. X. (1966). "Basinym or Basionym?". Taxon. 15 (5): 179–180. doi:10.2307/1216475. ISSN 0040-0262. JSTOR 1216475.
- ^ Johnson, D.V.; Tay, Eng Pin (1999). "C.X. Furtado (1897-1980): Contributions to the Study of Palms" (PDF). Gardens' Bulletin Singapore. 51: 141–150.
- ^ Alphonso, A.G. (1980). "Caetano Xavier Furtado 1897-1980: an obituary". Gardens' Bulletin Singapore. 33: 301–02.
- ^ Furtado, C. X. (1937). "Some nomenclatorial problems". Blumea. Supplement. 1 (1): 123–132. ISSN 0006-5196.
- ^ Furtado, C. X. (1938). "Validating a specific epithet under an invalid genus". Repertorium Novarum Specierum Regni Vegetabilis. 44 (11–20): 256–264. doi:10.1002/fedr.19380441108. ISSN 0375-121X.
- ^ Furtado, C. X. (1940). "The Definition of a Nomen Ambiguum". Repertorium Novarum Specierum Regni Vegetabilis. 49 (5–12): 87–90. doi:10.1002/fedr.19400490507. ISSN 0375-121X.
- ^ Furtado, C.X.; Holttum, R.E. (1960). "I.H. Burkill in Malaya". Gardens Bulletin, Singapore. 4. 17: 350–356.
- ^ Furtado, C. X. (1938). "The nomenclature of hybrids". Repertorium Novarum Specierum Regni Vegetabilis. 44 (11–20): 244–255. doi:10.1002/fedr.19380441107. ISSN 0375-121X.
- ^ International Plant Names Index. Furtado.
