Carlos Azevedo de Meneses
1863–1928
botanist · writer · civil servant · librarian · naturalist
Funchal-born botanist, author of the Flora do Arquipélago da Madeira and principal writer of the scientific articles of the Elucidário Madeirense. He worked for Funchal's municipal council and directed its Municipal Library.
1Mentioned in
- Vineyards — Botanist and author of this article, whose 1902 Portugal Agrícola article on Madeiran vines is quoted.
- Governors General — Co-author of the Elucidário who defended Azevedo's term in articles in the Diário da Madeira in September 1925.
- Agriculture — Madeiran botanist whose account of the island's four agricultural and botanical altitude zones is quoted in this entry.
- Birch — Madeiran botanist whose article in the Diário do Comercio, quoted here, opposed planting birches on Porto Santo.
- Porto Santo (vegetation) — Botanist and co-author of the Elucidário whose 1908 study of Porto Santo's vegetation is quoted in this entry.
- Phenological observations — Madeiran botanist whose article on phenological observations in Madeira is transcribed in this entry.
- Useful cucurbits — Co-author of the Elucidário whose agricultural-journal article on Madeiran cucurbits is reproduced in this entry.
- Quincentenary of the discovery of Madeira — Contributor to the centenary publication.
- City flag — Co-author of the Elucidário and long-serving Funchal municipal official whose article on the city flag is reproduced here.
- Hail — Naturalist and co-author of the Elucidário, whose newspaper article on snow, frost and hail is quoted in this entry.
- Flora — Madeiran botanist who, together with Lowe, studied the island's flora most fully and left extensive works on it.
- Lauraceae — Co-author of the Elucidário whose 1909 article on Madeiran lauraceae is reproduced here.
- Fauna — Naturalist listed among contributors to knowledge of Madeiran fauna.
- Vegetation zones — Botanist whose Flora do Arquipélago da Madeira treats vegetation zones in detail.
- Taro — Madeiran botanist whose description of the island's taro species is quoted in this entry.
- Phanerogams — Madeiran botanist who published the Flora do Arquipelago da Madeira in 1914, criticised here for its errors.
- Ferns — Botanist, author of the Flora do Arquipelago da Madeira (1914) and Madeira Ferns (1906), which list the fern species.
- White wheat — Co-author of the Elucidário whose earlier notes on Madeiran wheat are quoted in this entry.
- Trees and shrubs — Author of the booklet 'Arvores e Arbustos Madeirenses' (Funchal, 1904), cited as a source on Madeira's trees and shrubs.
2Chronology
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Carlos Azevedo de Meneses published an article on Madeiran vines in Portugal Agrícola.
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Carlos Azevedo de Meneses made his first series of phenological observations in Madeira, later published in a French journal.
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Carlos Azevedo de Menezes published 'Arvores e Arbustos Madeirenses' in Funchal.
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Carlos Azevedo de Meneses published Madeira Ferns in Funchal.
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Carlos Azevedo de Meneses published his study of Porto Santo's vegetation in the Diario Popular of Funchal.
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Carlos de Meneses published an article on Madeiran lauraceae in the Diário da Madeira.
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Carlos Azevedo de Meneses's Flora do Archipelago da Madeira was published in Funchal by the Junta Agrícola, on the proposal of Fernando Tolentino da Costa.
3Places mentioned
Abroad