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. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 4, 2012. 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. IPNI.  Silva Manso.