Paulus Johannes Maria Maas

Who is Paulus Johannes Maria Maas?

Paulus Johannes Maria Maas is a botanist from the Netherlands and a specialist in the flora of the neotropics. Maas has identified and named about two hundred fifty plants from the Burmanniaceae, the Costus Family, the Gentian Family, the Bloodwort Family, the Banana Family, the Olacaceae, the Triuridaceae, and the Ginger Family.

The Annonaceae and saprotrophic plants from the neotropics, such as the Burmanniaceae, are two major areas of research.

Maas has also worked with the genus Canna and has published floristic treatments of this group for the Guianas and Ecuador.