Marcos Eduardo Guerra Sobral (born 1960) is a Brazilian

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. Since 2009 he has been an

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of Botany at the

Federal University of São João del-Rei The Federal University of São João del-Rei ( pt, Universidade Federal de São João del-Rei, UFSJ) is a Brazilian university in the city of São João del-Rei in the state of Minas Gerais. It has other campuses in the cities of Ouro Branco, Di ...

. As of the end of 2020, Sobral has authored 79 publications and published 237 taxon names, particularly within the '' Eugenia'', ''

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'', and '' Plinia''

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of the family

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Academic background

Marcos received his undergraduate degree in Biological Sciences in 2003 from

Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul The Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul ( pt, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, UFRGS) is a Brazilian public federal research university based in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul. UFRGS is among the largest and highest-rated univers ...

. He received his

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in Botany from the

Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais The Federal University of Minas Gerais ( pt, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, UFMG) is a federalIn the Brazilian Higher Education context, ''Federal'' does not mean ''collegiate'' (even though most Federal Universities in Brazil enjoy a sim ...

in 2007. His thesis was titled "Evolution of taxonomic knowledge in Brazil (1990-2006)".

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Sobral, Marcos 1960 births Living people 20th-century Brazilian botanists 21st-century Brazilian botanists Taxon authorities Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul alumni Academic staff of the Federal University of São João del-Rei