João Geraldo Kuhlmann (1882

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, Santa Catarina -1958

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) was a

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ian botanist.

Life

Kuhlmann was a specialist on

taxonomy Taxonomy is the practice and science of categorization or classification. A taxonomy (or taxonomical classification) is a scheme of classification, especially a hierarchical classification, in which things are organized into groups or types. ...

of angiosperms. He was a great collector of herborized material (his collection was gathered at a museum - Botanical Museum Kuhlmann, created in 1960, later the Botanical Museum of the Botanical Garden of Rio de Janeiro opened to the public on September 20, 1991, incorporated this collection of the Kuhlmann Museum ) and notable ''connoisseur'' of the Brazilian Flora, influencing a large number of researchers in this area of the knowledge in Brazil, for example William Rodrigues. He published about eighty works, describing new genera (see below), and species. He also erected two families. He put '' Peridiscus'' in a family by itself in 1950.

Peridiscaceae Peridiscaceae is a family of flowering plants in the order Saxifragales.Peter F. Stevens. 2001 onwards. "Peridiscaceae". At: Angiosperm Phylogeny Website At: Missouri Botanical Garden Website. (see ''External links'' below). Four genera comprise ...

has since been expanded to include '' Medusandra'','' Soyauxia'', and '' Whittonia''. He also put '' Duckeodendron'' into its own family, Duckeodendraceae, but this, and other segregates of Solanaceae are no longer recognized as separate families by APG. In 1944 he became the director of the

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, exerting this function up to 1951. J. G. Kuhlmann created the Botanical Society of Brazil. The genera ''Kuhlmannia'' J.C.Gomes, synonym of '' Pleonotoma'',(in the family of

Bignoniaceae Bignoniaceae is a family of flowering plants in the order Lamiales commonly known as the bignonias or trumpetvines.Vernon H. Heywood, Richard K. Brummitt, Ole Seberg, and Alastair Culham. ''Flowering Plant Families of the World''. Firefly Book ...

) and ''Kuhlmaniella'' Barroso, synonym of '' Dicranostyles'', (in

Convolvulaceae Convolvulaceae (), commonly called the bindweeds or morning glories, is a family of about 60 genera and more than 1,650 species. These species are primarily herbaceous vines, but also include trees, shrubs and herbs. The tubers of several spe ...

family) and also '' Kuhlmanniodendron'' (from Brazil), described in 2008 by Fiaschi & Groppo in the family of

Achariaceae Achariaceae is a family of flowering plants consisting of 32-33 genera with about 155 species of tropical herbs, shrubs, and trees. The APG IV system has greatly expanded the scope of the family by including many genera previously classified ...

are named in his honour.

Some works

* Kuhlmann, J. G. & A. J. Sampaio (1928): ''Clinostemon'', novo Gênero de Lauráceas da Amazônia. ''Boletim do Museu Nacional do Rio de Janeiro'' 4 (2):57-59. ('' Clinostemon'', new

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial nom ...

of Lauraceae from

Amazonia The Amazon rainforest, Amazon jungle or ; es, Selva amazónica, , or usually ; french: Forêt amazonienne; nl, Amazoneregenwoud. In English, the names are sometimes capitalized further, as Amazon Rainforest, Amazon Forest, or Amazon Jungle. ...

). * Kuhlmann, J. G. ''Arquivos do Serviço Florestal'' 3: 4. 1950 (paper which he described the new family Peridiscaceae).

List of plant genera authored by João Geraldo Kuhlmann

*'' Clinostemon'' Kuhlm. & Samp. syn. of Mezilaurus Kuntze ex Taub. Lauraceae *''

Cyrillopsis ''Cyrillopsis'' is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Ixonanthaceae Ixonanthaceae is a pantropical flowering plant Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (), commonly ca ...

'' Kuhlm.

Linaceae Linaceae is a family of flowering plants. The family is cosmopolitan, and includes about 250 species in 14 genera, classified into two subfamilies: the Linoideae and Hugonioideae (often recognized as a distinct family, the Hugoniaceae). Leaves of ...

Ixonanthaceae Ixonanthaceae is a pantropical flowering plant Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (), commonly called angiosperms. The term "angiosperm" is derived from the Greek words ('container, ves ...

*''

Dialypetalanthus ''Dialypetalanthus'' is a genus of trees in the family Rubiaceae. It only contains one species, ''Dialypetalanthus fuscescens'', which is found in Bolivia, Brazil and Peru , image_flag = Flag of Peru.svg , image_coat ...

'' Kuhlm. Dialypetalanthaceae or

Rubiaceae The Rubiaceae are a family of flowering plants, commonly known as the coffee, madder, or bedstraw family. It consists of terrestrial trees, shrubs, lianas, or herbs that are recognizable by simple, opposite leaves with interpetiolar stipules a ...

*'' Didymocistus'' Kuhlm.

Euphorbiaceae Euphorbiaceae, the spurge family, is a large family of flowering plants. In English, they are also commonly called euphorbias, which is also the name of a genus in the family. Most spurges, such as '' Euphorbia paralias'', are herbs, but some, ...

Phyllanthaceae Phyllanthaceae is a family of flowering plants in the eudicot order Malpighiales. It is most closely related to the family Picrodendraceae.Kenneth J. Wurdack and Charles C. Davis. 2009. "Malpighiales phylogenetics: Gaining ground on one of the m ...

*'' Duckeodendron'' Kuhlm. Solanaceae *'' Goniodiscus'' Kuhlm.

Celastraceae The Celastraceae (staff-vine or bittersweet) are a family of 97 genera and 1,350 species of herbs, vines, shrubs and small trees, belonging to the order Celastrales. The great majority of the genera are tropical, with only ''Celastrus'' (the sta ...

*'' Hydrogaster'' Kuhlm. Tiliaceae or

Grewioideae Grewioideae is a subfamily of the family Malvaceae and was first described by Hochreutiner. The group is named after its type genus, '' Grewia'', which is named for the English scientist Nehemiah Grew (1641-1712). It contains a number of gener ...

Malvaceae Malvaceae, or the mallows, is a family of flowering plants estimated to contain 244 genera with 4225 known species. Well-known members of economic importance include okra, cotton, cacao and durian. There are also some genera containing familiar ...

''sensu lato'' or

Sparrmanniaceae Sparrmanniaceae is a segregate, probably obsolete, plant family, containing plants which have more commonly been classified in Malvaceae or Tiliaceae. In the most recent proposed circumscription, that of Cheek ex Heywood et al., it corresponds t ...

*'' Merianthera'' Kuhlm.

Melastomataceae Melastomataceae is a family of dicotyledonous flowering plants found mostly in the tropics (two-thirds of the genera are from the New World tropics) comprising c. 175 genera and c. 5115 known species. Melastomes are annual or perennial herbs, s ...

*''

Paradrypetes ''Paradrypetes'' is a plant genus under the family Rhizophoraceae. It is sometimes included in the Picrodendraceae and was formerly included in the family Euphorbiaceae Euphorbiaceae, the spurge family, is a large family of flowering plants. ...

'' Kuhlm.

Picrodendraceae Picrodendraceae is a family of flowering plants, consisting of 80 species in 24 genera.Stephens, P.F. (2001 onwards). Angiosperm Phylogeny Website. Version 9, June 2008. http://www.mobot.org/MOBOT/Research/APweb/ These are subtropical to tropical ...

Rhizophoraceae The Rhizophoraceae is a family of tropical or subtropical flowering plants. It includes around 147 species distributed in 15 genera.Setoguchi, H., Kosuge, K., & Tobe, H. (1999). Molecular Phylogeny of Rhizophoraceae Based on rbcL Gene Sequences. ...

*'' Paratecoma'' Kuhlm. Bignoniaceae *'' Spheneria'' Kuhlm. Poaceae *'' Sterigmapetalum'' Kuhlm.

References

*''Rodriguésia'' v.9, n.18, p. 71-78, 1945 omage of the publication 20th-century Brazilian botanists People from Blumenau Brazilian people of German descent 1882 births 1958 deaths {{Brazil-botanist-stub