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)