Antônio Luiz Patrício Da Silva Manso
António Luiz Patrício da Silva Manso (1788–1848) was a Brazilian botanist, physician, and politician.Archivos do Museu Nacional do Rio de Janeiro -1919 - Page 88 "O cirurgião António Luiz Patrício da Silva Manso, de 60 annos, assassinado a 18 de janeiro de 18-18, natural de Itú, casado com d. Anna Brandina da Silva Manso, recom- mendado solemnemente, jáz no cemeterio, envolto no habito de S." Silva Manso was born in Campinas, Brazil. Silva Manso was an expert on spermatophytes and the first person to classify the genus '' Cayaponia'' and the species ''Cayaponia espelina ''Cayaponia espelina'', also known as the São Caetano melon, is a plant native to Brazil. It is a diuretic and aid in the treatment of diarrhea and syphilis. The fruits are occasionally eaten by the maned wolf (''Chrysocyon brachyurus The ma ...''. He named the genus ''Cayaponia'' after the indigenous Cayapo people of Brazil. A genus of climbing shrubs, '' Mansoa'', is named after him. He began work ...
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Campinas
Campinas (, ''Plains'' or ''Meadows'') is a Brazilian municipality in São Paulo State, part of the country's Southeast Region. According to the 2020 estimate, the city's population is 1,213,792, making it the fourteenth most populous Brazilian city and the third most populous municipality in São Paulo state. The city's metropolitan area, Metropolitan Region of Campinas, contains twenty municipalities with a total population of 3,656,363 people. Etymology Campinas means ''grass fields'' in Portuguese and refers to its characteristic landscape, which originally comprised large stretches of dense subtropical forests (mato grosso or thick woods in Portuguese), mainly along the many rivers, interspersed with gently rolling hills covered by low-lying vegetation. Campinas' official crest and flag has a picture of the mythical bird, the phoenix, because it was practically reborn after a devastating epidemic of yellow fever in the 1800s, which killed more than 25% of the city's inhabi ...
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