Daniela Cristina Zappi | |
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Nationality | Brazilian |
Alma mater | University of São Paulo |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Botany, Plant taxonomy |
Institutions | Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew |
Doctoral advisor | Ana Maria Giulietti |
Dr. Daniela Cristina Zappi (1965-) is a Brazilian botanist, plant collector, and research scientist at the herbarium of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew noted for studying and describing Neotropical flora, Rubiaceae, and Cactaceae.[1][2] She has described over 90 species.[3] The standard author abbreviation Zappi is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.[4][5]