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### Author
Saldanha da Gama, José de (1839-1905), Brazilian botanist; Dr. Sci. Rio de Janeiro 1860; at the Rio de Janeiro "Central School", later called "Polytechnic School" from 1861 as teacher ("repetitor"), professor of botany and director successively; sometime consul general for Brazil in Belgium; Brazilian representative at the World Exhibits of 1867, 1873 and 1876; collected in Rio de Janeiro province 1866-1884.
**Abbreviated name**: *Saldanha* \[standard form in IPNI: *Saldanha*\]
#### Herbarium and types
[[Collection R|R]]. – The small collection which was at [[Collection B|B]] is no longer extant; some material from Brazil, 1883 sent to Cogniaux, is at [[Collection BR|BR]].
#### Bibliography and biography
Barnhart 3: 202 (b. 7 Aug 1839, d. 8 Jan 1905); BM 4: 1791; Bossert p. 346; CSP 5: 377, 8: 817, 11: 263, 18: 412; Herder p. 386; IH 2: (files); Jackson p. 49, 373; Kew 4: 573; Morren ed. 2, p. 34, ed. 10, p. 139; PR 100, 7997-7999; Rehder 1: 72, 343, 5: 754-755; Tucker 1: 620; Urban-Berl. p. 390; Zander ed. 10, p. 710, ed. 11, p. 811.
#### Biofile
- Anon., Brit. Mus. gen. cat. print. books 211: 690-691. 1964; Cat. gén. livr. Bibl. natl. 161: 499-500. 1941.
- Sabin, J., Dict, books America 7: 146. 1875, 18: 332-333. 1889, 32: 432. 1931-1932.
- Saldanha da Gama, J. de, Énumération des travaux jusqu'à l'année 1867. Paris 1868. 8 p. (bibl., *copy*: G).
- Urban, I., Fl. bras. 1(1): 99. 1906 (biogr. sketch, itin.).
- Verdoorn, F., ed., Chron. bot. 5: 303. 1939.
#### Eponymy
*Saldanhaea* Bureau (1868). *Note*: *Saldanha* Vellozo (1825) was named for Martin Lopez Lobo Saldanha, Brazilian politician.
### Publications
##### n.10.105. Configuração e descripção de todas os orgãos fundamentaes das principaes madeiras
**Title**
*Configuração e descripção de todas os orgãos fundamentaes das principaes madeiras* de cerne e brancas da provincia do Rio de Janeiro e suas applicaçoes na engenharia, industria, medicina e artes com urna tabella de pesos specificos... primero volume. Rio de Janeiro (Typographia-economica-de J.J. Fontes...) 1865. Oct'.
**Abbreviated title**: *Config. descr. orgãos fund.*
**Notes**
*Publ*.: 1865 (t.p. 1864; colo.: 13 Mai 1865; cover 1865), p. \[1\]-155, \[156\], 2 charts, \[1, colo.\]. *Copies*: B, G, HH, MO. – Continued as "*Configuração e estudo botanico*..." 2 and 3, Rio de Janeiro 1872, see below.
*Plates*: s.d., cover, portr., *11 pl*. (uncol.) \[cover mentions *12 pl*.\]. *Copy*: HH. – *Desenhos dos vegetaes* que acham-se descriptos no 1 ; volume da obra Configuraçao... 1 ; Caderno ... Rio de Janeiro (Typographia do Imperial Instituto artistico,...).
*Ref*.: Anon., Bull. Soc. bot. France 14 (bibl.): 76-77. Mai 1867 (rd. séance 26 Apr 1867).
##### n.10.106. Classement botanique des plantes alimentaires
**Title**
*Classement botanique des plantes alimentaires* du Brésil... Paris (Imprimerie de E. Martinet...) 1867. Qu.
**Abbreviated title**: *Class. bot. pl. alim.*
**Notes**
*Publ*.: 1867 (Soc. bot. France rd 29 Nov 1867), p. \[1\]-20. *Copies*: G, USDA.
##### n.10.107. Travaux
**Title**
*Travaux* au sujet des *produits du Brésil* qui sont à l'exposition universelle de Paris en 1867... Paris (Imprimerie de E. Briere,...) 1867. Oct.
**Abbreviated title**: *Trav. prod. Brésil*.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: 1867 (Soc. bot. France rd 29 Nov 1867), p. \[1\]-29. *Copy*: G.
*Ref*.: Anon., Bull. Soc. bot. France 14 (bibl.): 225-226. 1868.
##### n.10.108. Quelques mots sur les bois du Brésil
**Title**
*Quelques mots sur les bois du Brésil* qui doivent figurer à l'Exposition universelle de 1867... Paris (Imprimerie de E. Martinet...) 1867. Oct.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: 1867 (read 8 Mar 1867; Bull. Soc. géol. France 15 Jun 1868), p. \[1\]-12. *Copy*: G. – Reprinted and to be cited from Bull. Soc. bot. France 14: 79-88. (C.R. 1). 1867. – See also Francisco Freire Allemão a Cysneiro \[1797-1874\], Alves Serrão, Ladislau Netto & J. de Saldanha da Gama, *Breve noticia sobre a colleçao das madeiras do Brasil*... Rio de Janeiro (Typographia nacional) 1867, p. \[1\]-32. *Copy*: HH.
##### n.10.109. Synonymia de diversos vegetaes do Brasil
**Title**
*Synonymia de diversos vegetaes do Brasil* feita segundo os dados colhidos no imperio, e na exposição universal de Paris, em 1867... Rio de Janeiro (Typographia universal de Laemmert...) 1868. Qu.
**Abbreviated title**: *Synon. veg. Brasil*.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: 1868 (p. \[iii\]: 12 Oct 1868; BSbF Jul-Sep 1869), p. \[i\]-vii, 9-36. *Copies*: G, HH, MO, NY, USDA.
##### n.10.110. Cartas sobre botanica
**Title**
*Cartas sobre botanica*... Rio de Janeiro (Typographia do Imperial Instituto artisdco...) 1870.
**Abbreviated title**: *Cart. bot.*
**Notes**
*Publ*.: 1870, cover, p. \[1\]-43. *Copies*: Ewan, HH.
##### n.10.111. Configuração e estudo botanico
**Title**
*Configuração e estudo botanico* dos vegetaes seculares da provincia do Rio de Janeiro e de outros pontos do Brasil... Rio de Janeiro (Typographia universal de Laemmert ...) 1872. Oct.
**Abbreviated title**: *Config. est. bot.*
**Notes**
\[*1*\]: see above, 1867, *Config. descr. orgãos fund.*
*2*: 1872 (p. \[v\]: 24 Dec 1871), p. \[i-v\], \[1\]-65. *Copies*: HH, MO, U.
*3*: 1872 (p. \[iii\]: 7 Mai 1872), p. \[i, iii\], \[1\]-138, *pl. 1-20* \[1, err.\]. *Copies*: G, HH.
##### n.10.112. Notice sur quelques végétaux séculaires du Brésil
**Title**
*Notice sur quelques végétaux séculaires du Brésil*... Paris (G. Masson, éditeur...) 1874. Oct.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: 1874, p. \[1\]-13. *Copy*: G. – Reprinted and to be cited from Ann. Sci. nat. Bot. ser. 5. 19: 210-218. 1874.
##### n.10.113. Catalogue of the products of the Brazilian forests
**Title**
*Catalogue of the products of the Brazilian forests*. At the International Exhibition in Philadelphia,... New York ("O Novo Mundo" Printing Office,...) 1876. Oct.
**Abbreviated title**: *Cat. prod. Braz. for.*
**Notes**
*Publ*.: 1876 (p. 12: 15 Mai 1876; KNAW rd Mar 1877), p. \[1\]-12. *Copies*: E, USDA.
##### n.10.114. Bouquet de Mélastomacées brésiliennes
**Title**
*Bouquet de Mélastomacées brésiliennes* dédiées à Sa Majesté Don Pedro II empereur du Brésil... (extrait da Flora brasiliensis) Verviers (Imprimerie A. Remacle) 1887. Qu.
**Abbreviated title**: *Bouquet Mélast. brés.*
**Notes**
*Co-author*: Célestin Alfred Cogniaux (1841-1916).
*Publ*.: Aug 1887 (t.p.), p. \[i-iv\], *pl. 1-5* with text. *Copy*: NSW.
##### n.10.115. La province de Paraná
**Title**
*La province de Paraná* dans l'empire du Brésil... Anvers \[Antwerpen\] (Imprimerie Veuve de Backer,...) 1888. Oct.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: 1888 (B copy inscribed p. 2: 7 Jan 1889), p. \[1\]-21. *Copy*: B. – Reprinted and to be cited from Bull. Soc. r. Géogr. Anvers 13: 12-30. 1888.
##### n.10.116. La Serra des Orgues
**Title**
*La Serra des Orgues* dans l'empire du Brésil... Anvers \[Antwerpen\] (Imprimerie veuve de Backer,...) 1889. Oct.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: 1889, p. \[1\]-23. *Copy*: B. – Reprinted and to be cited from Bull. Soc. r. Géogr. Brésil 1889 (Journal n.v.).