Francisco Freire Allemão e Cysneiro explained

Francisco Freire Allemão e Cysneiro
Birth Date:24 June 1797
Birth Place:Rio de Janeiro, State of Brazil
Death Place:Rio de Janeiro, Empire of Brazil
Fields:Botany
Workplaces:Brazilian National Museum
Alma Mater:University of Paris
Author Abbrev Bot:Allemão

Francisco Freire Allemão e Cysneiro (24 June 1797 – 11 November 1874) was a Brazilian botanist who collected in northeast Brazil and along the Rio de Janeiro. His association with the Brazilian National Museum in Rio de Janeiro took place at a time when Brazilian botany was dominated by foreigners.

Among his many duties as physician of the Brazilian court was to fetch the Emperor's bride from Italy.

Some genera and species named by him:

Notes and References

  1. Chrysophyllum gonocarpum . 57754-2 . 23 June 2022.

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