Person naturalist botanist malacologist
Baron of Castelo de Paiva
Barão de Castelo de Paiva
naturalist · botanist · malacologist · philanthropist
Nobleman and naturalist who collected and studied Madeira's plants and land snails, giving his collections to the Lisbon Academy of Sciences; the Elucidário judged him far superior to Wollaston as a malacologist. He also left a legacy to the Hospital de S. Lázaro.
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- Ielinek — Co-author with Ielinek of the Novara botanical report.
- Phanerogams — Collector of Madeiran plants now held in European museums.
- Snails — Malacologist cited as a student of Madeiran land snails.
- Flora — Nobleman named among the researchers who studied Madeira's flowering plants and vascular cryptogams.
- Fauna — Naturalist listed among contributors to knowledge of Madeiran fauna.
- St Lazarus’s Hospital — Left a legacy supporting the hospital.
- Herbaria — Portuguese botanist who gave his collections to the Lisbon Academy of Sciences.
- Wollaston (Thomas Vernon) — Malacologist judged by the Elucidário to be far superior to Wollaston in that field.
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Abroad