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Cleofé Elsa Calderón
Cleofe Calderon and Thomas R. Soderstrom Examining Bamboo Samples, National Museum of Natural History.tif
Cleofé E. Calderón and Thomas R. Soderstrom examining bamboo samples in 1977.
Born (1929-10-26)26 October 1929
Died March 19, 2007(2007-03-19) (aged 77)
Scientific career
Fields Agrostology
Institutions National Museum of Natural History (US National Herbarium)
Author abbrev. (botany) C.E.Calderón

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

Career

She studied at the University of Buenos Aires, with Lorenzo Parodi.

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

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.

Selected works

See also

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