Eduino Carbonó de la Hoz (born June 4, 1950) is a Colombian

botanist Botany, also called , plant biology or phytology, is the science of plant life and a branch of biology. A botanist, plant scientist or phytologist is a scientist who specialises in this field. The term "botany" comes from the Ancient Greek wo ...

. He is Director of the Botanical Gardens of

Santa Marta Santa Marta (), officially Distrito Turístico, Cultural e Histórico de Santa Marta ("Touristic, Cultural and Historic District of Santa Marta"), is a city on the coast of the Caribbean Sea in northern Colombia. It is the capital of Magdalena ...

. In 1974, he obtained a degree in agronomy from the Technological University of Magdalena, and later a master's degree in biology, specialising in plant systematics, from the

National University of Colombia The National University of Colombia () is a national public research university in Colombia, with general campuses in Bogotá, Medellín, Manizales and Palmira, and satellite campuses in Leticia, San Andrés, Arauca, Tumaco, and La Paz, Ces ...

, with a thesis on the ethnobotanical study of the Kogi community of the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta.

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