Miguel Domingo Fuertes Loren, Spanish-born Dominican priest, explorer, plant collector and geologist (Daroca, Zaragoza Province 04 August 1871 – Santo Domingo 04 March 1926)
Discovered a number of new species from Dominican flora
Cited as a discoverer of larimar, a blue variety of pectolite (1916)
HONORS
Fuertesia Urban 1911 (Loasaceae)
Fuertesiella Schlechter 1913 (Orchidaceae)