Biography

Alberto José de Sampaio, Brazilian botanist and geographer (Campos dos Goytacazes, Rio de Janeiro State 05 February 1881- Campos dos Goytacazes, Rio de Janeiro State 30 December 1946)

From Portuguese and French descent 

Authored 174 works

Presented a new phytogeographic division of Brazil used worldwide

DESCRIBED VALID PLANTAE TAXA 

Genera (With Kuhlmann)

Clinostemon 1928 (Lauraceae)

Pseudocalymma 1933(Bignoniaceae)

Species

Acianthera acuminatipetala 1916

Acianthera gouveiae 1916

Adenocalymma biternata 1938

Adenocalymma longilineum 1936

Adianthum multisorum 1916

Adiantum rondonii 1916 

Barbosella dusenii 1909

Clinostemon mahuba 1917

Cyathea uleana 1923

Diplazium mattogrossense 1916

Elaphoglossum jurunae 1916

Hemitelia caesariana 1935

Martinella iquitoensis 1935

Memorea cinnabarina 1938

Memorea cuminaensis 1938

Memorea madeirensis 1938

Memorea rondonii 1938

Memorea tridenticalyx 1938

Microstylis humicola 1923

Miscanteca duckei 1917

Octomeria duckei 1923

Pecluma hoehnii 1916

Pleurothallis organensis 1923

Polypodium kuhlmannii 1916

Tanaecium duckei 1935

HONORS

Sampaiella Gomes 1948 (Bignoniaceae)

Sampaiosia Mello Leitão 1930 (Arachnida)