Daniela Cristina Zappi

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Daniela Cristina Zappi
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Nationality Brazilian
Alma mater University of São Paulo
Scientific career
Fields Botany, Plant taxonomy
Institutions Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Doctoral advisor Ana Maria Giulietti

Dr. Daniela Cristina Zappi (1965-) is a Brazilian botanist, plant collector, and research scientist at the herbarium of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew noted for studying and describing Neotropical flora, Rubiaceae , and Cactaceae . [1] [2] She has described over 90 species. [3] The standard author abbreviation Zappi is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name. [4] [5]

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References

  1. "Kew: Tropical America Research Staff in the Kew Herbarium". www.kew.org. Retrieved 7 February 2019.
  2. "Zappi, Daniela Cristina (1965-) on JSTOR". plants.jstor.org. Retrieved 7 February 2019.
  3. "Tropicos | Person - Zappi, Daniela Cristina". www.tropicos.org. Retrieved 7 February 2019.
  4. International Plant Names Index.  Zappi.
  5. "Index of Botanists - Zappi, Daniela Cristena". kiki.huh.harvard.edu. Harvard University Herbaria & Libraries. Retrieved 7 February 2019.