Biography

Joaquim Vellozo de Miranda, Brazilian Jesuit and naturalist (Mariana, Minas Gerais State 1733 – Minas Gerais State 1815)

Performed studies on botany and mining

Collected plants and other natural specimens in Minas Gerais State

SOME BIBLIOGRAPHY

Theses ex universia philosophia (1778)

Brasiliensium plantarum fasciculus

Demonstrat. Descriptio animalium quorundan brasiliensium et plantarum quorundam brasiliensium descriptio botanica

HONORS

Vellozia Vandelli 1788 (Velloziaceae)