Antônio Luiz Patrício da Silva Manso

António Luiz Patrício da Silva Manso (1788–1848) was a Brazilian botanist, physician, and politician.^[1]

Silva Manso was born in Campinas, Brazil.^[2] Silva Manso was an expert on spermatophytes^[3] and the first person to classify the genus Cayaponia and the species Cayaponia espelina. He named the genus Cayaponia after the indigenous Cayapo people of Brazil.^[4] A genus of climbing shrubs, Mansoa, is named after him.^[5] He began work as a painter, as his father was a painter. He began studying botany in 1819 and became a licensed physician in 1820. He was also a member of the Brazilian General Assembly from 1834–1837.

He became involved in the Brazilian struggle for independence, which led to his murder in January 1848.^[6]

References

1. Archivos do Museu Nacional do Rio de Janeiro -1919 - Page 88 "O cirurgião António Luiz Patrício da Silva Manso, de 60 annos, assassinado a 18 de janeiro de 18-18, natural de Itú, casado com d. Anna Brandina da Silva Manso, recom- mendado solemnemente, jáz no cemeterio, envolto no habito de S."
2. "Silva Manso, António Luiz Patricio da (1788-1848)". JSTOR. Retrieved September 22, 2013.
3. "Index of Botanists: Silva Manso, Antonio Luiz Patricio da". Harvard University Herbarium. Retrieved September 22, 2013.
4. "Cayaponia" (PDF). Northeastern Illinois University. Retrieved September 22, 2013.}
5. Lindley, John; Moore, Thomas (1876). The Treasury of Botany: A Popular Dictionary of the Vegetable Kingdom, Part 2 L-Z. London: Longmans, Green, and Company. p. 718.
6. Botanical Abstracts X. Baltimore, MD: Williams and Wilkins Company. 1922. p. 68.
7. "Author Query for 'Silva Manso'". International Plant Names Index.