Portuguese botanist
Gonçalo Sampaio
Bust of the Gonçalo Sampaio, in Parque da Ponte,
Braga .
Born (1865-03-29 ) 29 March 1865Died 28 July 1937(1937-07-28) (aged 72) Alma mater University of Coimbra; Polytechnic Academy of Porto Scientific career Fields Botany, taxonomy, mathematics, chemistry, mineralogy Institutions Polytechnic Academy of Porto; University of Porto Author abbrev. (botany) Samp.
Gonçalo António da Silva Ferreira Sampaio (29 March 1865 in São Gens de Calvos – 28 July 1937 in Porto ) was a Portuguese botanist .
He studied mathematics at the University of Coimbra and chemistry , mineralogy and botany at the Polytechnic Academy of Porto. From 1890 he served as an assistant naturalist at the Polytechnic Academy. From 1912 to 1935 he was a professor of botany at the faculty of sciences of the University of Porto .[ 1] [ 2] In 1923 Sampaio issued the exsiccata Lichenes de Portugal .[ 3]
As a taxonomist he described around 50 new species of vascular plants , five new species of desmids and about 70 new taxa of lichens that included the genus Carlosia (family Caliciaceae ).[ 1] The mycological genus Sampaioa (Gonz. Frag., 1923 ; syn. Mycoglaena ) commemorates his name.[ 2]
Selected works
Estudos sobre a flora dos arredores do Porto. Gen. Spergularia , 1904 – Studies on the flora in the vicinity of Porto; genus Spergularia .
"Rubus” portuguezes. Contribuções para o seu estudo , 1904 – Rubus native to Portugal.
Contribuções para o estudo da flora portugueza; Epilobiaceae , 1906 – Contributions for the study of the Portuguese flora; Epilobiaceae .
Notas criticas sobre a flora portugueza , 1906 – Critical notes involving Portuguese flora.
Flora vascular de Odemira , 1909 – Vascular plants of Odemira .
Manual da flora portugueza , 1909–14 – Manual of Portuguese flora.
Estudos botanicos. Especies novas e nomes novos , 1912 – Botanical studies, new species and new names.
Lista das espécies representadas no Herbário português , 1913 – List of species represented in the Portuguese Herbarium.
Apêndice à lista das espécies representadas no Herbário português, 1914 – Appendix to the list of species represented in the Portuguese Herbarium.[ 4]
References
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