Francisco Freire Allemão e Cysneiro

Who was Francisco Freire Allemão e Cysneiro?

Francisco Freire Allemão e Cysneiro was a Brazilian botanist who collected in northeast Brazil and along the Rio de Janeiro. His association with the Brazilian National Museum in Rio de Janeiro took place at a time when Brazilian botany was dominated by foreigners.

Among his many duties as physician of the Brazilian court was to fetch the Emperor's bride from Italy.

Some genera and species named by him :

Astronium urundeuva Engl.

Myracrodruon urundeuva Fr. Allemão

Acanthinophyllum strepitans Allemão

Amburana cearensis A.C.Sm.

Andradea Allemão

Andradea floribunda Allemão

Azeredia Arruda ex Allemão

Bumella sartarum Allemão

Azeredia pernambucana Allemão

Chrysophyllum arenarium Allemão

Chrysophyllum cearaense Allemão

Chrysophyllum cysneiri Allemão

Chrysophyllum obtusifolium Allemão

Chrysophyllum perfidum Allemão

Chrysophyllum tomentosum Allemão

Cordia oncocalyx Allemão

Dalbergia nigra Allemão ex Benth.

Echyrospermum balthazarii Allemão ex Mart.

Hyeronima Allemao

Hyeronima alchorneoides Allemão.