Benito Ching Tan, Philippine bryologist (Manila 30 August 1946 - Los Angeles, California State 23 December 2016)
Recognized as world's foremost expert on tropical bryophytes
Authored over 300 scientific papers on bryophytes
DESCRIBED BRYOPHYTA TAXA
Genera
Meiotheciella 1998 with Schofield & Ramsay
Orthodontopsis 1992 with Ignatov
Papillidiopsis 1989 with Buck
Pilosimitra 2005 with Dauphin
Pseudocryptogonium 2015 with Li, Wang & Ignatov
Radulina 1989 with Buck
Yakushimabryum 2011 with Akiyama, Chang & Yamaguchi
Section
Platyovatophyllum 1990
Species
Anomobryum erectum 1989 with Koponen
Barbula chenia 1995 with Redfearn
Barbula zennoskeana 1994
Brachythecium propinnatum 1996 with Redfearn & Ho
Bryum ochianum 1995 with Redfearn
Calymperes dixoconstrictum 1988 with Mohamed
Calymperes robinsoni 1983 with Reese
Calyptothecium distichophyllum 1984 with Noguchi
Calyptothecium squarrosulum 1984 with Noguchi
Chaetomitrium schofieldii 1990 with Robinson
Chionostomum hainanense 1999 with Jia
Chastobryopsis imbricata 2010 with Akiyama & Chang
Desmatodon burmensis 1993 with Iwatsuki
Dicranoloma damanhurii 1990 with Mohamed
Didymodon gaochienii 1997 with Jia
Diphyscium buckii 1990
Diphyscium tamasii 2003 with Ninh
Distichophyllum meizhiae 1995 with Lin
Distichophyllum noguchianum 1990
Distichophyllum oblongum 1991 with Lin
Distichophyllum wanianum 1995 with Lin
Ectropothecium neoperrevolutum 1995 with Suleiman & Akiyama
Fissidens pseudoceylonensis 2002 with Choy
Frullania sinskeana 1986 with Engel
Gammiella panchienii 2000 with Jia
Gammiella touwi 1990
Hageniella hattoriana 1990
Horikawaea redfearni 1995 with Lin
Hyophila acutipocsii 1993 with Iwatsuki
Hypnum mittenohamatum 1992
Macromitrium eddyi 2015 with Shevock
Macromitrium novorecurvulum 2005 with Ho
Mitthyridium iwatsukianum 1987
Ochrobryum herzogianum 1988 with Mohamed
Octoblepharum arthrocornoides 2010 with Salazar
Orthodontopsis bardunovii 1992 with Ignatov
Orthomitrium schofieldii 1997 with Jia
Papillidiopsis koponenii 1990
Papillidiopsis malesiana 1989 with Buck
Pilosimitra buckii 2005 with Dauphin
Pseudotaxiphyllum obtusifolium 2004 with Iwatsuki
Rhapidorrhynchium auneae 2017 with Koponen & Norris
Schlotheimia crumii 1992
Selaginella antimonamensis 1981 with Jermy
Selaginella pricei 1981 with Jermy
Sematophyllum brotheri 1977 with Iwatsuki
Splachnobryum temasekensis 2004 with Ho & Seah
Stereophyllum linisii 2007 with Enroth
Symblepharis guizhouensis 1994 with Lin, Crosby & Wu
Tayloria rudimenta 2000 with Bai
Tricholosteum fleischeri 2004 with Ho & Seah
Tricholosteum streimannii 2007 with Koponen & Norris
Trichostomum hattorianum 1993 with Iwatsuki
Trichostomum philippinense 1979 with Iwatsuki
Trichostomum sinochenii 1995 with Redfearn
Trichostomum zanderi 1995 with Redfearn
Weissia alianuda 1992
Yakushimabryum longissimum 2001 with Akiyama, Chang & Yamaguchi
Zygodon sibiricus 1999 with Ignatov, Ignatova & Iwatsuki
Varieties
16
HONORS
Awards
Richard Spruce Award, International Association of Bryologists (2004)
Genera
Tania Egea, Torrente & Sipman 1995 (Lichenes)
Benitotania Akiyama, Yamaguchi & Suleiman 2003 (Musci)
LINKS
http://asbp.org.ph/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/A-Tribute-to-Dr.-Benito-C.-Tan.pdf