Cirilo Nelson

Honduran botanist (1938–2020).

Cirilo Nelson (30 July 1938 – 26 December 2020) was a Honduran botanist and researcher at the Department of Biology of the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Honduras. In 1965, he earned his master's degree at the University of Colorado Boulder. In the mid 1980s, he collected plants with the likes of David Ruiz and Sandra Gomez in the Swan Islands. He is particularly renowned for his catalogue of Honduran plants, around 10,127 described species, believed to be representative of about 60 percent of what exists.

Abbreviations: C.Nelson
Occupations: botanist
Citizenships: Honduras
Dates: 1938-02-28T00:00:00Z – 2020-12-26T00:00:00Z
Birth place: La Ceiba
Direct attributions: 17 plants, 0 fungi
Authorship mentions: 18 plants, 0 fungi

17 plants attributed, 1 plant contributed to18 plants:

Haptanthus hazlettii (Haptanthus) Goldberg & C.Nelson 1989
critically endangered plant species in the buxaceae family
Haptanthus is a monotypic genus containing the sole species Haptanthus hazlettii, a shrub or small tree known only from the locality of Matarras in the Arizona Municipality in Honduras. Its flowers are unique among the flowering plants. A single "female" (carpellate) flower has two branches on either side which carry "male" (staminate) flowers. The flowers are very simple, lacking obvious sepals or petals. The family placement of the genus has been uncertain but based on molecular phylogenetic research, it is included in the family Buxaceae as of September 2014. Very few individuals have ever
Haptanthaceae C.Nelson 2001
plant family in the order buxales
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Ocotea jorgeescobarii C.Nelson 1984
plant species in the lauraceae family
Ocotea jorge-escobarii is a species of plant in the family Lauraceae. It is a tree endemic to Honduras and Nicaragua in Central America. The IUCN Red List assesses it as Least Concern.
Zamia sandovalii C.Nelson 2007
endangered plant species in the zamiaceae family
Zamia sandovalii is a species of cycad in the family Zamiaceae.
Salvia ernestivargasii C.Nelson 1984
plant species in the lamiaceae family
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Psychotria jinotegensis C.Nelson, Ant.Molina & Standl. 1980
plant species in the rubiaceae family
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Zamia oreillyi C.Nelson 2007
critically endangered plant species in the zamiaceae family
Zamia oreillyi is a species of cycad in the family Zamiaceae endemic to Honduras. It occurs in a single location in Atlántida Department, Honduras near Hacienda Agua Caliente, which is about 2 km southwest of Jutiapa.
Ardisia intibucana Lundell ex C.Nelson 2002
endangered plant species in the primulaceae family
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Zamia onanreyesii C.Nelson & Sandoval 2008
endangered plant species in the zamiaceae family
Zamia onan-reyesii is a species of cycad in the family Zamiaceae endemic to Cortés Department, northern Honduras.
Robinsonella erasmisosae C.Nelson 1982
plant species in the malvaceae family
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Biophytum zunigae C.Nelson 1990
plant species in the oxalidaceae family
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Mansoa montecillensis (Ant.Molina) C.Nelson 1998
plant species in the bignoniaceae family
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Euphorbia schiedeana (Klotzsch & Garcke) Mayfield ex C.Nelson 2008
annual plant species in the euphorbiaceae family
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Haptanthus Goldberg & C.Nelson 1989
plant genus in the buxaceae family
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Desmodium lempirae C.Nelson 1996
plant species in the fabaceae family
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Spermacoce hondurensis C.Nelson 2000
plant species in the rubiaceae family
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Lepidagathis zunigae C.Nelson
plant species in the acanthaceae family
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Damburneya robertoandinoi (C.Nelson) van der Werff 2021
plant species in the lauraceae family
Damburneya roberto-andinoi is a species of plant in the family Lauraceae. It is endemic to Honduras. It is a tree growing up to 15 meters tall. Damburneya roberto-andinoi grows in humid lowland and montane forests in the Chortis Highlands, from 700 to 1,600 meters elevation.
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