João Rodrigues de Mattos, Brazilian botanist (São Joaquim, Santa Catarina State 1926 – Porto Alegre 27 January 2022)

DESCRIBED PLANTAE TAXA

Genera

Corynemyrtus 1963 (Myrtaceae)

Handroanthus 1970 (Bignoniaceae)

Pseudeugenia 1966 with Legrand (Myrtaceae)

Others

 6 sections, 8 subsections, 243 species and 65 varieties

HONORS 

Mattosmonas Skvortzov 1969 (Protozoa)

His wife, Nilza Fischer de Mattos, botanist (Alegrete, Rio Grande do Sul State 05 June 1930 –  

DESCRIBED PLANTAE SPECIES

Andira bahiensis 1970

Andira kuhlmannii 1970

Andira handroana 1970

Andira lanei 1970

Andira marauensis 1970

Andira pernambucensis 1971

Bauhinia hermesiana 1965

Buchenavia hoehneana 1967

Buchenavia igarataensis 1967

Calliandra yucunensis 1977

Hymenolobium discolor 1980 with Rodrigues

Hymenolobium paulensis 1976

Hymenolobium stipulatum 1976

Lonchocarpus torrensis 1988

Mimosa laticifera 1963 with Rizzini

Mimosa rosariensis 1971

Zornia linearifoliata 1986

Zornia paniculata 1975

Others

2 sections, 1 subsection and 20 varieties

HONORS

Nilzamonas Skvortzov 1969 (Protozoa)