Biography

Helia Bravo Hollis, Mexican botanist (Ciudad de Mexico 30 September 1901 – Ciudad de Mexico 26 September 2001)

From Mexican father and English mother

Described 57 new taxa in Cactaceae plants and named 61 recombinations

HONORS

Bravocactus Doweld 1998 (Cactaceae)

Bravothrips Johansen 1986 (Thysanoptera)

9 other taxa in plants and animals

Margarita Bravo-Hollis, Mexican helminthologist (Ciudad de Mexico 10 June 1911 – Ciudad de Mexico 13 December 2011)

DESCRIBED PARASITE HELMINTHOLOGICAL TAXA

1 new family Neotetraonchidae 1968

7 subfamilies

26 genera

105 species

HONORS (Trematoda Genera)

Bravocotyle Lamothe-Argumedo 1968

Bravohollisia Bychowsky & Nagibina 1972

Bravotrema Groschaft 1972

Margotrema  Lamothe-Argumedo 1972