Emilio Guinea

Emilio Guinea
Born	(1907-05-13)13 May 1907 Bilbao
Died	26 October 1985(1985-10-26) (aged 78) Madrid
Nationality	Spanish
Occupation	botanist
Scientific career
Author abbrev. (botany)	Guinea

Emilio Guinea López (13 May 1907 in Oleaveaga, Bilbao – 26 October 1985 in Madrid) was a Spanish botanist.

He graduated in 1929, and was awarded his doctorate in 1932 in Natural Sciences in the "Central University of Madrid" (now the Complutense University of Madrid.

He made numerous expeditions to tropical Africa, with an emphasis on Equatorial Guinea.

In 1957 he became Curator of the Royal Botanical Garden of Madrid.

Both his library and his personal herbarium were donated to the Royal Botanical Garden of Madrid, which named him Honorary Director.

Some publications

• Guinea, Emilio (1944). La vegetación leñosa y los pastos del Sahara español (in Spanish). Madrid: Instituto Forestal de Investigaciones y Experienci. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)
• Guinea, Emilio (1945). Aspecto forestal del desierto (in Spanish). {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)
• Guinea López, Emilio (1945). España y el Desierto: Impresiones saharianas de un botánico español (in Spanish). Madrid: Instituto de Estudio Políticos. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)
• Guinea, Emilio (1947). En el país de los pámues. Relato ilustrado de mi primer viaje a la Guinea Española (in Spanish). Madrid: Instituto de Estudios Africanos. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)
• Guinea, Emilio (1949). En el Pais de los Bubis. Relato ilustrado de mi primer viaje a Fernando Poo (in Spanish). Madrid: Instituto de Estudios Africanos. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)
• Guinea, Emilio (1949). Vizcaya y Su Paisaje Vegetal (Geobotánica Vizcaína) (in Spanish). Bilbao: Junta de Cultura de Vizcaya. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)
• Guinea, Emilio (1951). En el país de los Lapones. Relato ilustrado de mi primer viaje a Escandinávia (in Spanish). Madrid: Instituto de Estudios Africanos. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)
• Guinea López, Emilio (1953). Geografía botánica de Santander. Esquema de la vegetación y flora santanderinas. La lucha contra las malas hierbas. El prado. Las buenas pratenses y su competencia con las malas forrajeras. Los bosques espontaneos. La vegetación fluvial (in Spanish). Diputación Provincial de Santander. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)
• Guinea, Emilio (1954). El manzano en Santander (in Spanish). Diputación Provincial de Santander. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)
• Guinea López, E.; Vidal Box, C. (1969). Parques y jardines de España. Árboles y arbustos (in Spanish). Madrid: Ministerio de Educacion. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)
• Guinea, Emilio (1980). Claves botánicas (in Spanish). {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)

Sources

• Teixidó, F. Biólogos Españoles, on line

External links

• In memorian, Emilio Guinea López from RJB
• Photo of Emilio Guinea, from euskomedia.org