Cleofé Calderón

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Cleofé Elsa Calderón (October 26, 1929 March 19, 2007) was an Argentine agrostologist.

Born(1929-10-26)26 October 1929
DiedMarch 19, 2007(2007-03-19) (aged 77)
InstitutionsNational Museum of Natural History (US National Herbarium)
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Cleofé Elsa Calderón
Cleofé E. Calderón and Thomas R. Soderstrom examining bamboo samples in 1977.
Born(1929-10-26)26 October 1929
DiedMarch 19, 2007(2007-03-19) (aged 77)
Scientific career
FieldsAgrostology
InstitutionsNational Museum of Natural History (US National Herbarium)
Author abbrev. (botany)C.E.Calderón
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She studied at the University of Buenos Aires, with Lorenzo Parodi.[1]

In October 1971, Calderón performed field operations and collected living materials of a new genus of grasses; the genus was named after her: Calderonella.[2]

In 1976, Calderón rediscovered Anomochloa in Bahia, Brazil, with the help of assistant Talmon Soares dos Santos. By identifying this tropical forest grass, Calderón provided specimens for detailed morphological and anatomical study that confirmed it as a grass.[3][4]

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