João Geraldo Kuhlmann

João Geraldo Kuhlmann (1882 Blumenau cite web|url=http://www.jbrj.gov.br/ingles/ed_cult/museu.htm|title=The Botanical Museum of the Botanical Garden of Rio de Janeiro|accessdate=2007-07-08] , Santa Catarina -1958 Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro) was a
Brazilian botanist.

Kuhlmann was a specialist on Taxonomy of Angiosperms. He was a great collector of herborized material (his collection was gathered at a museum - Botanical Museum Kuhlmann, created in 1960, later the Botanical Museum of the Botanical Garden of Rio de Janeiro opened to the public in September 20th, 1991, incorporated this collection of the Kuhlmann Museum ) and notable "connoisseur" of the Brazilian Flora, influencing a large number of researchers in this area of the knowledge in Brazil, for example William Rodrigues. He published about eighty works, describing new genera (see below), species and even Families (Peridiscaceae and Duckeodendraceae, probably synonym of Solanaceae, but this is doubtful.).

In 1944 he became the director of the Rio de Janeiro Botanical Garden, exerting this function up to 1951.

J. G. Kuhlmann created the Botanical Society of Brazil .

The genera "Kuhlmannia" J.C.Gomes, synonym of "Pleonotoma", Bignoniaceae and "Kuhlmaniella" Barroso, synonym of "Dicranostyles", Convolvulaceae are named in his honour.

;Some works:
*Pt icon Kuhlmann, J. G. & A. J. Sampaio (1928): "Clinostemon", novo Gênero de Lauráceas da Amazônia. "Boletim do Museu Nacional do Rio de Janeiro" 4 (2):57-59. ("Clinostemon", new genus of Lauraceae from Amazonia).
*Pt icon Kuhlmann, J. G. "Arquivos do Serviço Florestal" 3: 4. 1950 (paper which he described the new family Peridiscaceae).

;List of plant genera authored by João Geraldo Kuhlmann

*"Clinostemon" Kuhlm. & Samp. syn. of Mezilaurus Kuntze ex Taub. Lauraceae
*"Cyrillopsis" Kuhlm. Linaceae or Ixonanthaceae
*"Dialypetalanthus" Kuhlm. Dialypetalanthaceae
*"Didymocistus" Kuhlm. Euphorbiaceae or Phyllanthaceae
*"Duckeodendron" Kuhlm. Duckeodendraceae
*"Goniodiscus" Kuhlm. Celastraceae
*"Hydrogaster" Kuhlm. Tiliaceae or Grewioideae in Malvaceae "sensu lato" or Sparrmanniaceae
*"Merianthera" Kuhlm. Melastomataceae
*"Paradrypetes" Kuhlm. Euphorbiaceae or Picrodendraceae
*"Paratecoma" Kuhlm. Bignoniaceae
*"Spheneria" Kuhlm. Gramineae
*"Sterigmapetalum" Kuhlm. Rhizophoraceae

References

*"Rodriguésia" v.9, n.18, p.71-78, 1945 [Homage of the publication]