Biography

Oswaldo Handro, Brazilian botanist (São Paulo 30 June 1908 – São Paulo 30 August 1986)

DESCRIBED PLANTAE SPECIES

Adiantum papillosum 1964

Arachis benthamii 1958 

Arachis burkarti 1958

Arachis martii 1958

Arachis repens 1958

Aspidosperma gehrtii 1963

Aspidosperma nemorale 1962

Aspidosperma nigricans 1962

Asplenium bradeanum 1969

Begonia boraceiensis 1968

Begonia odeteiantha 1969

Begonia peruibensis 1979

Begonia piresiana 1964

Begonia toledoana 1969

Maytenus rostrata 1968

Mimosa coelho-de-moraesii 1958 with Pickel

Nematanthus bradei 1962

Nematanthus jolyanus 1964

Nematanthus kuhlmanni 1964

Nematanthus mattosianus 1964

Nematanthus mirabilis 1962

Nematanthus striatus 1964

Nematanthus teixeiranus 1964

Pleurothallis wacketii 1971 with Pabst

Siphocampylos lauroanus 1962

Vriesea vidalii 1970 with Smith

HONORS

Handroanthus Mattos 1970 (Bignoniaceae)