Frederico Carlos Hoehne, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Brazilian botanist
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Place of Birth: Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais, Brazil
About Frederico Carlos Hoehne
- Frederico Carlos Hoehne (1 February 1882, Juiz de Fora – 16 March 1959) was a Brazilian botanist. In 1907 he was appointed jardineiro-chefe (head gardener) at the National Museum in Rio de Janeiro, soon afterwards working on botanical assignments in the nation's interior, such as: a survey mission arranged by the Rondon Commission (1908-1909), and the Roosevelt-Rondon Scientific Expedition of 1913-1914.
- From 1910 to 1923 he issued numerous botanical reports as a result of findings from his expeditions. In 1918 he began work at the Instituto de Botánica in São Paulo, where in 1942 he was appointed director of the institute.
- Here he remained until his death in 1959. His major work, Flora Brasilica, was started in 1940 and continued after his death by Alcides Ribeiro Teixeira.
- He was the author of studies on epiphytes, cinchona, toxic and medicinal plants, aquatic plants and more than 50 articles on the local flora of São Paulo.
- The following are of few of his principal publications: Botanica / Commissão de Linhas Telegraphicas Estrategicas de Matto Grosso ao Amazonas 1910 - Botany / Commission for strategic telegraph lines of Mato Grosso and Amazonas. Bromeliaceas e Orchidaceas, 1916 - Bromeliaceae and Orchidaceae. Araucarilandia, 1930. Leguminosas - Papilionadas, 1940-41. Aristolochiaceas, 1942 - Aristolochiaceae. Iconografia de Orchidaceas do Brasil, 1949 - Iconography of Orchidaceae of Brazil.The botanical journal Hoehnea is named in his honour, as are the genera Hoehnephytum, Hoehnea and Hoehneella.
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