João Murça Pires
João Murça Pires (1917-1994) was a Brazilian botanist, who worked principally at the Instituto Agronômico do Norte.[1]
João Murça Pires | |
|---|---|
| Born | June 27, 1917 Bariri, Brazil |
| Died | December 21, 1994 São Paulo |
| Nationality | Brazilian |
| Citizenship | Brazil |
| Alma mater | Luiz de Queiroz College of Agriculture, University of São Paulo |
| Awards | Dom João VI Medal, 1976 Frederico Meneses Veiga Award, 1981 |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Botany |
| Institutions | Instituto Agronômico do Norte |
| Author abbrev. (botany) | Pires |
Life
Pires was born in Bariri, Brazil on June 27, 1917. He received both his undergraduate (1942) and doctoral (1983) degrees from the Luiz de Queiroz College of Agriculture, University of São Paulo. He was a member of the Linnean Society of London and the Brazilian Academy of Sciences in.[1] He served twice as the President of the Botanic Society of Brazil.[2] He was awarded a John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship in 1982 in the field of plant sciences.[3]
Work
He initiated the herbarium and botanical section at the Instituto Agronômico do Norte and founded the Department of Botany and the herbaria at the Universidade de Brasília. He also helped restructure the Department of Botany at the Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi in Belém, and the herbaria there is named after him. He collected, and described plants from the Amazon.[1]
Legacy
He is the authority for at least 109 taxa including: IPNI. List of plant names with authority Pires.
References
- Prance, Ghillean T. (1995). "João Murça Pires (1917-1994)". Taxon. 44 (4): 653–655. JSTOR 1223519.
- Lisboa, Pedro L. B; Almeida, Samuel Soares de (1995). "Vida e obra de João Murça Pires (1917-1994)" [Life and work of João Murça Pires (1917-1994)]. Acta Botanica Brasilica (in Portuguese). 9 (2): 303–314. doi:10.1590/S0102-33061995000200010. ISSN 0102-3306.
- "JOÃO MURÇA PIRES". John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. n.d. Retrieved June 18, 2019.
- International Plant Names Index. Pires.