Manuel López Figueiras, Cuban-born Venezuelan botanist and lichenologist (Jobabo, Las Tunas 16 June 1915 – Caracas 25 April 2012)
From Spanish parents
DESCRIBED NEW SPECIES
Plantae
Species (with Ruiz Terán)
Libanothamnus griffini 1976
Libanothamnus wurdackii 1976
Paragynoxys cuatrecasasii 1974
Pentacalia mason-halei 1976
Ruilopezia cuatrecasasii 1974
Ruilopezia lopez-palacii 1976
Lichenes
Species (with Mason Hale 1979)
Everniastrum paramense
Hypotrachyna cendensis
Hypotrachyna meridiensis
Hypotrachyna neoflavida
Parmotrema larense
HONORS
Lopezaria Kalb & Hafellner 1990 (Lichenes)
Ruilopezia Cuatrecasas 1976 (Asteraceae)