Ezechias Paulo Heringer, Brazilian botanist and botanical collector (Manhuaçu, Minas Gerais State 05 April 1905 – Brasilia 15 January 1987)

From German descent

Authored over 100 papers

From his collections 154 orchid species and 9 plant species were described as new

DESCRIBED NEW PLANTAE TAXA

Section

Elenaea 1987 with Rizzini (Fabaceae)

Species

Aniba pulcherrima 1976 with Kubitzki

Cassia mystacicarpa 1966 with Rizzini

Cedrela elliptica 1966 with Rizzini 

Copaifera bulbotricha 1977 with Rizzini

Cyclolobium nutans 1980 with Rizzini

Dalbergia hortensis 1987 with Rizzini & A. Mattos

Mimosa artemisiana 1979 with Paula

Stryphnodendron barbatulum 1987 with Rizzini

Stryphnodendron confertum 1966 with Rizzini

Stryphnodendron cristalinae 1986

Stryphnodendron gracile 1966 with Rizzini

Stryphnodendron platyspicum 1966 with Rizzini 

Stryphnodendron sallesianum 1987 with Rizzini

Virola lieneana 1979 with Paula

Vochysia pseudopumila 1966 with Rizzini

Described new fungi species (at least 8)

Described Mycosphaerella melastomataceaerum 1966 with Batista & Cavalcanti

With A.C. Batista, G.E.P. Peres & W.A. Cavalcanti. Alguns Mycosphaerellaceae novos e antigos do Planalto Central Brasileiro. Atas Inst. Micol. 3(485):218-37, 1966

Flora micológica das espécies do Cerrado de Paraopeba (Minas Gerais) e arredores. Cerrado 3 (14):9-14, 1971

With M.J.P. Maciel. Fungos filamentosos de quatro formações ecológicas – mata ripária (ciliar), cerrado, mata inundável e mata do afloramento calcáreo. Brasil Florestal 11(47):11-21, 1981

With G.P. de P. Lopes. Alguns fungos pouco conhecidos e sete espécies novas em folhas de plantas do Planalto Central Brasileiro (Distrito Federal, Goiás). Arq. Jard. Bot. Rio de Janeiro 25:73-116, 1981  

Performed extensive studies about underground plant organs

With C.T. Rizzini. Estudo sobre os sistemas subterrâneos difusos de plantas campestres. Anais Acad. Bras. Ciencias 38:85-112, 1966

With C.T. Rizzini. Studies on the underground organs of trees and shrubs from Southern Brazilian savannas. Anais Acad. Bras. Ciencias 34(2):235-47, 1962

With C.T. Rizzini. Underground organs of plants from some Southern Brazilian savannas, with special reference to the Xylopodium. Phyton 17(1):105-24, 1961