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### Author
Leandro do Sacramento (1778-1829), Brazilian botanist; calced Carmelite (White Friar); director of the Rio de Janeiro botanical garden; Dr. phil. Coimbra 1806.
**Abbreviated name**: *Leandro* \[standard form in IPNI: *Leandro*\]
#### Herbarium and types
Some material at [[Collection P|P]] and [[Collection M|M]].
#### Bibliography and biography
Backer p. 318-319; Barnhart 2: 354; CSP 3: 903; IH 2: 419; Kew 3: 389; Lasègue p. 315, 482, 505; PR 5105.
- Colmeiro, M., Bot. penins. hisp. lus. 202. 1858.
- Saldanha da Gama, J. de, Biographia e apreciaçao dos trabalhos do botanico brasileiro Frei Leandro do Sacramento. Rio de Janeiro 1970, 56 p.; Rev. trim. Inst. hist. geogr. ethnogr. Brasil. 32(2): 181-230. 1969 (extensive study).
- Triani & Paiva Campos, Leandra 2(2): 5-9. 1972 (photogr. of bust; give 1778 as year of birth).
- Urban, I., Fl. bras. 1(1): 40-41. 1906.
#### Eponymy
(genera): *Leandra* Raddi (1825); *Leandria* \[sic\] E. Rangel (1915); (journal): *Leandra*. Rio de Janeiro. Vol. 1-x. 1971-x.
### Publications
##### n.4261. Nova plantarum genera e Brasilia
**Title**
*Nova plantarum genera e Brasilia*. Descripta a P. Leandro de Sacramento... \[München 1820\]. Qu.
**Abbreviated title**: *Nov. pl. gen. Brasilia*.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: Denkschr. k. Baier. Akad. Wiss. 7: \[229\]-244, *pl. 12-15* with text. *Copies* of reprint with orig. pagination: M, NY.