Hermenegildo Santapau, Spanish-born Indian jesuit and botanist (La Galera, Tarragona 05 December 1903 – Bombay 13 January 1970)

Authored 216 scientific publications

DESCRIBED PLANTAE SPECIES

Achyranthes coynei 1949

Argyreia boseana 1958 with Patel

Asystasia dalzelliana 1948

Barleria prattensis 1949

Bidaria khandalensis 1949

Canscora khandalensis 1949

Chamaesyce bombaiensis 1954

Chlorophytum borivilianum 1955 with Fern.

Dicliptera ghatica 1952

Dolichos ghaticus 1956 with Panthaki

Gastrochilus dalzellianus 1949

Habenaria panchganiensis 1957 with Kapadia

Hedyotis maheshwarii 1963 with Merch.

Hoya iconum 1956

Indigofera oreophila 1956 with Panthaki

Ipomoea pallida 1958 with Patel

Ipomoea salsettensis 1958 with Patel

Ipomoea tropica 1957 with Patel

Leea edgeworthii 1953

Murdannia nudiflora 1953

Nilgirianthus asper 1951

Operculina tansaensis 1958 with Patel

Pachygone zeylanica 1964 with Wagh

Pimpinella multiradiata 1949

Solanum macannii 1948

Tephrosia jamnagarensis 1958 

Vigna khandallensis 1948

HONORS 

Santapauinda C.V. Subramanian 1993 (Fungi)

Pauia Deb & Ratna Dutta 1965 (Solanaceae)