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4 unusual facts about Juan Ignacio Molina


Juan Ignacio Molina

Other authors dedicated Moliniopsis, a genus of Gramineae, as synonym of Molinia Schrank nom.illeg.

Molina has also been linked to the naming of the genus Maytenus.

Ruiz and Pavón dedicated to him Molina, later considered a subgenus of Baccharis by Heering (Reiche 1902), and recently F. H. Hellwig recreated as Neomolina and ranked as genus.

Juan Molina

Juan Ignacio Molina (1740–1829), Chilean Jesuit priest, naturalist and historian



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