César Barbosa

César Barbosa (born 1954) is a Colombian biologist, ornithologist^[1] and botanist, specialising in the study of Fabaceae.

In 1976 received his BA in Biology from the National University of Colombia.

He is a researcher at the Herbarium of the National Institute of Renewable Natural Resources and Environment (Colombia) (INDERENA), specialising in legumes and has made botanical expeditions within Colombia. His published work describes Indigofera species occurring in Colombia, including Indigofera hirsuta, Indigofera lespedezioides and Indigofera suffruticosa.^[2] In August 2008 he described and named 41 new Trianea species.^[3] 50 species are listed under his abbreviation C.Barbosa.^[4]

The standard author abbreviation C.Barbosa is used to indicate this individual as the author when citing a botanical name.^[5]

References

1. ^ The Wilson Bulletin (The Wilson Ornithological Society) 95. 1983. http://elibrary.unm.edu/sora/Wilson/v095n04/back.pdf. Retrieved 18 August 2011. 
2. ^ Moreira, João Luiz de Arruda; Azevedo-Tozzi, Ana Maria Goulart de (6 1997). "Indigofera L. (Leguminosae, Papilionoideae) no estado de São Paulo, Brasil" (in pt). Revista Brasileira de Botânica (scielo) 20: 97–117. doi:10.1590/S0100-84041997000100010. ISSN 0100-8404. http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-84041997000100010&nrm=iso. Retrieved 18 August 2011. 
3. ^ Trianea, Acta Cient. Tecnol. Inderena and Caldasia
4. ^ "IPNI Plant Name Query Results". The International Plant Names Index. http://www.ipni.org/ipni/advPlantNameSearch.do?find_includePublicationAuthors=on&find_includePublicationAuthors=off&find_includeBasionymAuthors=on&find_includeBasionymAuthors=off&find_rankToReturn=all&output_format=normal&find_authorAbbrev=C.Barbosa. Retrieved 18 August 2011. 
5. ^ "Author Query". International Plant Names Index. http://www.ipni.org/ipni/authorsearchpage.do. 

This article incorporates information from the equivalent article on the Spanish Wikipedia.

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