Graziela Barroso
Graziela Maciel Barroso (1912-2003) was a Brazilian botanist noted for being a leading expert on the flora of Brazil, as well as a specialist of Compositae. She was Chairman and Professor of the Department of Plant Biology at the University of Brasília, and published the three-volume "Sistemática de Angiospermas do Brasil". Barroso identified over one hundred species, and two bromelieads have been named in her honor: "Tillandsia grazielae" and "Tillandsia barrosoae". Also 3 genera of plants have been named after her; "Grazielanthus" (from the family Monimiaceae), "Grazielia" (from Asteraceae family), and "Grazielodendron" (from Fabaceae family). Graziela