Joaquim Vellozo de Miranda
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)
Jagannathan Vijaya
Jagannathan Vijaya, Indian herpetologist (29 October 1959 – Kerala State April 1987) SOME BIBLIOGRAPHY Status of the forest cane turtle (Geoemyda sylvatica). Hamadryad 13(2):10, 1988 With E.O. Moll & B. Groombridge. Redescription of the cane turtle with notes on its natural history and classification. J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. Cent. Suppl. 83:112-6, 1987 With E.O. Moll. Distribution records for some Indian turtles. J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 83(1):57-62, 1986 Nest of Varanus bengalensis. Hamadryad 6(3):81, 10, 1985 Cane turtle (Geoemyda sylvatica) study project in Kerala. Hamadryad 9:4, 1984 Rediscovery of the Forest Cane Turtle, Heosemys (Geoemyda) sylvatica (Reptilia, Testudinata, Emydidae) from Chalakudy Forests in Kerala. J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 79(3):676-7, 1983 Auditory cues as possible stimuli for hatching eggs of the flap-shell turtle Lissemys punctata granosa. Hamadryad 8:23, 1983 Second search for cane turtles Heosemys sylvatica in Kerala. Hamadryad 8(1):20, 1983 The Travancore tortoise Geochelone travancorica. Hamadryad 8:11-3, 1983 The Flapshell turtles. Hornbill 3:12-4, 1982 Pelochelys bibroni from the Gahirmata coast, Orissa. Hamadryad 7:17, 1982 With P. Manna. A preliminary status survey of fresh water turtles in West Bengal, India. Report to WWF (1982) Breeding notes. Hamadryad 6(3):10, 1981 Successful artificial breeding of Lissemys punctata granosa. J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 79:210-1, 1981 HONORS Vijayachelys Praschag, Schmidt, Fritzsch, Muller, Gemel & Fritz 2006 (Reptilia: Chelonia)
Ivany Valio
Ivany Ferraz Marques Valio, Brazilian plant physiologist (Piraju, São Paulo State 27 February 1938 – Campinas, São Paulo 10 April 2019) Identified and isolated the lunalaric acid, natural growth inhibitor in algae and bryophytes With W.W. Schwabe & R.S. Burden. New natural growth inhibitor in the liverwort Lunularia crucata (L) Dum. Nature 223:1176-8, 1969 With T.O. Inemani & E.G. Magalhães. Detection and identification of a germination inhibitor in Myroxylon peruiferum L.f. seeds (1984) First report to focus on the role of diaspore banks of bryophytes in tropical rain forests With A.S. Maciel Silva & H. Rydin. Diaspore bank of bryophytes in tropical rain forests: the importance of breeding system, phylum and microhabitat. Oecologia 168(2):321-33, 2012
Inez Clare Verdoorn
Inez Clare Verdoorn, South African botanist (Pretoria 15 June 1896 – 02 April 1989) Authored over 200 botanical publications Described 121 new plant species Honored in genus Inezia E. Phillips 1932 (Asteraceae)
Ida de Vattimo-Gil
Ida de Vattimo-Gil, Brazilian botanist (Rio de Janeiro 06 January 1928 – 06 December 1993) DESCRIBED PLANTAE TAXA Lauraceae Species Aiouea macedoana 1967 Aniba heringeri 1962 Cinnamomum caratingae 1984 Cinnamomum duartianum 1967 Cinammomum hatschbachii 1962 Cryptocarya jacarepaguensis 1966 Endlicheria balsamea 1978 Endlicheria goeldiana 1967 Jacaranda duckei 1984 Ocotea albescens 1988 Ocotea barbellata 1977 Ocotea basicordatifolia 1959 Ocotea baturitensis 1962 Ocotea bicolor 1950 Ocotea cantareirae 1959 Ocotea douradensis 1988 Ocotea duartei 1962 Ocotea duckei 1982 Ocotea duplocolorata 1988 Ocotea hoehnei 1959 Ocotea itatiaiae 1956 Ocotea kostermansiana 1966 Ocotea limae 1962 Ocotea loefgrenii 1962 Ocotea maranguapensis 1962 Ocotea matogrossensis 1964 Ocotea nunesiana 1957 Ocotea paulensis 1959 Ocotea pulchra 1956 Ocotea silvae 1988 Ocotea silvestris 1959 Ocotea sinaiana 1957 Ocotea sulcata 1956 Ocotea wilhelminae 1988 Persea jariensis 1988 Rafflesiaceae Species Pilostyles stawiarskii 1950
Gilson Gomes Vieira
Gilson Gomes Vieira, Brazilian astronomer (1940 – Discovered new asteroids With L.E. Machado, E.R. Netto, J.F. Caldeira & H. Debehogne. Posições astrométricas de asteroides identificados em fevereiro e março de 1981 no observatório europeu Austral, La Silla, Chile. Anu. Inst. Geocienc. 4:1-19, 1980 (5) With L.E. Machado, E.R. Netto, J.F. Caldeira & H. Debehogne. Descoberta de elementos orbitais dos asteroides 1979 HB, 1979 P e 1979 YP. Bol. Soc. Astron. Bras. 4(2):8, 1981 With L.E. Machado, E.R. Netto, J.F. Caldeira & H. Debehogne. 363 precise positions of asteroids. Rev. Mex. Astron. Astrof. 8:19-27, 1983 (5) With L.E. Machado, E.R. Netto, J.F. Caldeira & H. Debehogne. Observed Asteroids at the GPO La Silla Chile 1983 Sep. Rev. Mex. Astron. Astrof. 11:43, 1985 (9) With H. Debehogne. Astrometric positions of minor planets in February 1984. Six discoveries, ESO, La Silla, Chile. Acta Astronomica 35(3-4):453, 1985 (6) With L.E. Machado, E.R. Netto, J.F. Caldeira, S. Vaz & H. Debehogne. 262 Positions of Asteroids and their dependences. ESO, La Silla, Chile, February 10-25, 1985. Rev. Mex. Astron. Astrof. 13:161, 1986 (6) HONORS Asteroid 2814 Vieira