Teodoro Rojas Vera (25 September 1877,

Asunción Asunción (, , , Guarani: Paraguay) is the capital and the largest city of Paraguay. The city stands on the eastern bank of the Paraguay River, almost at the confluence of this river with the Pilcomayo River. The Paraguay River and the Bay of ...

– 3 September 1954) was a Paraguayan

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Early life and education

Born in Asunción, he was the son of Jose M. Rojas and Dolores Vera. He studied at national schools in Pilar and

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. In 1897, he went to Europe, studying at the School of Arts and Crafts in

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Switzerland ). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...

Career

Rojas returned to Paraguay and from 1900 to 1915 was curator of the "'", the

herbarium A herbarium (plural: herbaria) is a collection of preserved plant specimens and associated data used for scientific study. The specimens may be whole plants or plant parts; these will usually be in dried form mounted on a sheet of paper (called ...

collection of Swiss botanist,

Emil Hassler Emil Hassler (20 June 1864 – 4 November 1937) (French:, Spanish: ) was a Swiss physician, ethnographer, naturalist and botanist well known for his collections and contributions to the description of the flora and culture of Paraguay. Hassl ...

. In 1906 he participated in an expedition to the Pilcomayo region, the collections from which formed the basis of Hassler's 1909 publication, ''Flora Pilcomayensis''. In 1916 he was appointed head of the herbarium and museum of natural history of the Botanical Garden and Zoo of Asunción where he worked for many years. During this time he continued to undertake regular expeditions collecting specimens of Paraguayan flora which he exchanged with other international collections and visitors to Asunción. He worked closely with the Miguel Lillo Institute, Tucumán.

Botanical eponymy

* '' Rojasia'', circumscribed by

Gustaf Oskar Andersson Malme Gustaf Oskar Andersson Malme (24 October 1864, Stora Malm in Södermanland County – 5 March 1937) was a Swedish botanist. He studied at Uppsala University, earning his PhD in 1892. From 1895 - 1905, he was a curator at the Swedish Museum ...

in 1905. * ''Rojasiophyton'', circumscribed by

in 1910.BHL
Taxonomic literature : a selective guide to botanical publications

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1877 births 1954 deaths Paraguayan botanists People from Asunción {{Paraguay-botanist-stub