Eduardo Quisumbíng y Argüelles was a Filipino biologist a leading authority of plants in the Philippines.
Education
He earned his Bachelor of Scientific Agriculture in Biology University of the Philippines at Los Baños in 1918, his Mississippi in Botany at the University of the Philippines Los Baños in 1921, and Doctor of Philosophy in Plant Taxonomy, Systematics and Morphology at the University of Chicago in 1923.
Career
From 1920-1926 he was attached to the College of Agriculture in United Presbyterian, and from 1926-1928 to the University of California. In 1928 appointed Systematic Botanist and since February 1934 Acting Chief of the Natural Museum Division of the Bureau of Science, Manila, now Director of the National Museum. When assigned to the United States. Navy in Guiuan, at the southern tip of Samar, made collections in that region.
He retired as Director in November 1961, and was for some following years attached to the Araneta University.
Doctor Quisumbing undertook restoration of the Herbarium which was completely destroyed during the war. Doctor Quisumbing was author of taxonomic and morphological papers, many of which deal with orchids, including ‘Medicinal plants in the Philippines’ (Manila 1951).
Saccolabium quisumbingii has been named in his honour.