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 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 ...

Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...

. Silva Manso was an expert on

spermatophyte A spermatophyte (; ), also known as phanerogam (taxon Phanerogamae) or phaenogam (taxon Phaenogamae), is any plant that produces seeds, hence the alternative name seed plant. Spermatophytes are a subset of the embryophytes or land plants. They inc ...

s 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 as a painter, as his father was a painter. He began studying botany in 1819 and became a licensed physician in 1820. He was also a member of the Brazilian General Assembly from 1834 to 1837. He became involved in the Brazilian struggle for independence, which led to his murder in January 1848.

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19th-century Brazilian botanists People from Campinas 1788 births 1848 deaths 19th-century Brazilian physicians {{Brazil-botanist-stub