Frederico Carlos Hoehne – Neglected Science

Frederico Carlos Hoehne, Brazilian botanist (Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais State 01 February 1882 – São Paulo 16 March 1959)

Son of German immigrants

Authored 117 scientific papers

Coined the term nest epiphyte

Discovered and/or described more than 400 new plant species

Valid Genera

Loefgrenianthus 1927

Phloeophila 1926 with Schlechter

Pseudomaxillaria 1944

Rudolfiella 1944

Uleiorchis 1944

Species

At least 133

Hoehnea 1939 (Lamiaceae)

Hoehneella Ruschi 1945 (Orchidaceae)

Hoehnephytum Cabrera 1950 (Asteraceae)

Hoehnemastix Skvortzov 1974 (Protozoa)

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