João Geraldo Kuhlmann (1882 Blumenau, Santa Catarina -1958

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Life

Kuhlmann was a specialist on

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s. 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 ''

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'' in a family by itself in 1950.

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has since been expanded to include ''

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'', 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 Rio de Janeiro Botanical Garden, 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) and ''Kuhlmaniella'' Barroso, synonym of '' Dicranostyles'', (in Convolvulaceae family) and also '' Kuhlmanniodendron'' (from Brazil), described in 2008 by Fiaschi & Groppo in the family of Achariaceae 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

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of Lauraceae from Amazonia). * 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'' Kuhlm. Linaceae or Ixonanthaceae *'' Dialypetalanthus'' Kuhlm. Dialypetalanthaceae or

Rubiaceae Rubiaceae () is a family (biology), 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 Petiole ( ...

*'' Didymocistus'' Kuhlm. Euphorbiaceae or Phyllanthaceae *'' Duckeodendron'' Kuhlm. Solanaceae *'' Goniodiscus'' Kuhlm. Celastraceae *'' Hydrogaster'' Kuhlm. Tiliaceae or Grewioideae in Malvaceae ''sensu lato'' or Sparrmanniaceae *''

Merianthera ''Merianthera'' is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Melastomataceae. Its native range is Eastern Brazil. Species Species: *''Merianthera bullata'' *''Merianthera burlemarxii'' *''Merianthera calyptrata'' *''Merianthera eb ...

'' 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 ...

*'' Paradrypetes'' Kuhlm. Picrodendraceae or Rhizophoraceae *'' Paratecoma'' Kuhlm. Bignoniaceae *'' Spheneria'' Kuhlm.

Poaceae Poaceae ( ), also called Gramineae ( ), is a large and nearly ubiquitous family of monocotyledonous flowering plants commonly known as grasses. It includes the cereal grasses, bamboos, the grasses of natural grassland and species cultivate ...

*'' Sterigmapetalum'' Kuhlm. Rhizophoraceae

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