Graziela Maciel Barroso, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Brazilian botanist (1912-2003)
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Place of Birth: Corumbá, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil
About Graziela Maciel Barroso
- Graziela Maciel Barroso (1912-2003) was a Brazilian botanist noted for being a leading expert on the flora of Brazil, as well as a specialist of Compositae.
- She was Chairman and Professor of the Department of Plant Biology at the University of BrasĂlia, and published the three-volume Sistemática de Angiospermas do Brasil.
- Barroso identified over one hundred species, and two bromelieads have been named in her honor: Tillandsia grazielae and Tillandsia barrosoae.
- The standard author abbreviation G.M.Barroso is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.
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