Biography

Graziela Maciel Barroso, Brazilian botanist (Corumbá, Mato Grosso do Sul State 11 April 1912 – Rio de Janeiro 05 May 2003)

DESCRIBED PLANTAE TAXA 

Genera 

Angelphytum 1980

Baccharidiopsis 1975

Brasilia 1962

Glaziovianthus 1947

Irwinia 1980

Monogereion 1971 (with Robinson)

Morithamnus 1979

Praxeliopsis 1949

Schizosepala 1955

Species 

101 

HONORS

Algrizea Proença & Nic Lughadha 2006 (Myrtaceae)

Barrosoa King & Robinson 1971 (Asteraceae)

Grazielia King & Robinson 1972 (Asteraceae)

Grazielodendron Lima 1983 (Fabaceae)

Grazielanthus Peixoto & Pereira-Moura 2008 (Monimiaceae)

Honored at least in 25 species of plants  

Millenium Botany Award, International Congress of Botany (1999)

Married to botanist Liberato Joaquim Barroso (Fortaleza 15 August 1900 – Rio de Janeiro 09 October 1949), that described Schinus apparicianus 1947  and Dicranostyles falconiana 1945

Honored in genus Liberatia Rizzini 1947 (Acanthaceae)