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      Rodulfo Amando Philippi, el naturalista de mayor aporte al conocimiento taxonómico de la diversidad biológica de Chile

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          Rodulfo Amando Philippi (1808-1904) es considerado uno de los naturalistas más influyentes en el desarrollo de las Ciencias Naturales en Chile. Entre las actividades científicas que desempeñó en el país está su dedicación al trabajo taxonómico y sistemático, que lo llevó a describir numerosas especies de plantas, animales y hongos. En este artículo se determina su contribución al conocimiento del patrimonio biológico de Chile, cuantificando el número y proporción de las especies actualmente válidas. De las especies descritas, 1.670 son consideradas válidas. Esta cifra equivale al 5,8 % de la diversidad biológica reconocida para Chile. Su mayor aporte se concentra en plantas vasculares, donde se encuentran vigentes 1.017 especies, que representan el 19 % de la flora vascular de Chile. Mención especial requiere el caso de algunos grupos, tales como anfibios, fasmatódeos, dermápteros y dípteros, cuya actual diversidad incluye 14, 30, 16 y 9 % de las especies de descritas por Philippi, respectivamente. De acuerdo a lo anterior y en comparación con otros taxónomos, Rodulfo Amando Philippi es el autor del mayor número de descripciones de especies válidas de la biota de Chile

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          Rodulfo Amando Philippi (1808-1904) is considered one of most influential in the development of natural sciences in Chile. Among his scientific endeavors, he contributed taxonomic descriptions of the biological diversity of Chile, encompassing organisms in three living kingdoms: plants, animals and fungi. In this article we examine his contribution to the knowledge of the biological wealth of Chile, quantifying the number and proportion of current valid species he described. Our findings indicate that Philippi described 1,670 valid species, equivalent to 5.8 % of the recognized biological diversity for Chile. His greatest contributions were in vascular plants with 1,017 species descriptions, which represent 19 % of the vascular flora of Chile. Special mention is made regarding specific groups, such as amphibians, phasmids, dermapterans and dipterans, whose current diversity includes 14, 30, 16 and 9 % of species described by Philippi, respectively. In comparison to other taxonomists, R. A. Philippi is the author of the largest number of valid species in the biota of Chile

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                Journal
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                Revista chilena de historia natural
                Rev. chil. hist. nat.
                Sociedad de Biología de Chile (Santiago, , Chile )
                0716-078X
                March 2006
                : 79
                : 1
                : 133-143
                Affiliations
                [02] Santiago orgnameMuseo Nacional de Historia Natural de Santiago Chile
                [01] Santiago orgnamePontificia Universidad Católica de Chile orgdiv1Centro de Estudios Avanzados en Ecología & Biodiversidad Chile scastro@ 123456bio.puc.cl
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                S0716-078X2006000100011 S0716-078X(06)07900111
                10.4067/S0716-078X2006000100011
                e0780c95-6f07-46fa-a0d2-2b3e3cf6704b

                This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

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                naturalistas,zoology,Chile,historia de la ciencia,zoología,botany,natural history,science history,botánica

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