Félix de Avelar Brotero: uma história natural

Castel‐Branco, Cristina

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“…The historic framework of the three botanical gardens was retrieved from several types of documents, such as the descriptions of the scientific expeditions performed in the late 18th century in the Portuguese territories overseas, the so-called “ Philosophical Journeys ” [ 22 , 49 ], and other historical documents with descriptions and information referring to their history, e.g., [ 18 , 23 , 24 , 45 , 47 , 48 , 49 , 51 , 52 , 53 , 54 , 55 , 56 , 57 , 58 , 59 , 60 , 61 ].…”

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Natural and Historical Heritage of the Lisbon Botanical Gardens: An Integrative Approach with Tree Collections

Cunha

Soares

Brilhante

et al. 2021

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Botanical gardens have long contributed to plant science and have played a leading role in ex situ conservation, namely of threatened tree species. Focusing on the three botanical gardens of Lisbon (i.e., Botanical Garden of Ajuda—JBA, Lisbon Botanical Garden—JBL, and Tropical Botanical Garden—JBT), this study aims to reveal their natural heritage and to understand the historical motivations for their creation. Our results showed that these gardens contain a total of 2551 tree specimens, corresponding to 462 taxa, within 80 plant families. Of these, 85 taxa are found in the three gardens, and more than half of the taxa are hosted in JBL (334 taxa), whereas 230 and 201 taxa were recorded in JBT and JBA, respectively. The motivations for the creation of each garden are reflected in the different geographic origins of the trees they host in their living collections. The Palearctic species are dominant in JBA and JBL, and Tropical trees prevail in JBT. With more than 250 years of history, these gardens hold an invaluable natural and historical heritage, with their living collections providing valuable sources of information for the conservation of threatened plant species, at local and global scales.

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Natural and Historical Heritage of the Lisbon Botanical Gardens: An Integrative Approach with Tree Collections

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Soares

Brilhante

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“…Following publication of this fascicle (Brotero, 1801), Brotero reworked the text published in it and expanded it into a new, two‐volume work; the title Phytographia Lusitaniae selectior was retained for the two volumes, which were published later. The publication dates of these two volumes were generally accepted in taxonomic literature (Stafleu & Cowan, 1976: 359; Tutin & al., 1980: 377) and in biographical works on Brotero (Colmeiro, 1858; Luisier, 1944; Castel‐Branco, 2007) as having been 1816 (volume 1) and 1827 (volume 2). However, the correspondence of Brotero (e.g., Brotero, 1812) raised some doubts about the accuracy of these dates (see Moller, 1873).…”

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“…Research undertaken at the archives of AHINCM, specifically on records of publications produced by the Typographia or Impressão Regia (see Leme, 1999), has also indicated the precise dates of other works that Brotero published towards the end of his life (AHINCM, 1821–1824, 1825–1828). Many of these titles are publications commissioned by the Portuguese government through its Secretaria de Estado dos Negócios da Marinha e Ultramar (Silva, 1926; Castel‐Branco, 2007). Issues addressed included afforestation requirements in Portugal (Brotero, 1827a), and the cultivation of opium (Brotero, 1824) and tobacco (Brotero, 1827b) in the country.…”

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The publication dates of Felix de Avelar Brotero's Phytographia Lusitaniae selectior revisited, with notes on nomenclatural novelties published by Brotero in this work

Silva

Figueiredo

Smith

2022

TAXON

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We propose that the two volumes of Phytographia Lusitaniae selectior, authored by Felix de Avelar Brotero, and published in Lisbon, Portugal, appeared in 1817 and in 1828, respectively. Publication dates of other publications produced by Brotero are also provided. The correct citation and current status of new names published by Brotero in volumes 1 and 2 of Phytographia Lusitaniae selectior are tabulated.

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“…Mozambique’s electricity infrastructure remains heavily oriented towards resource extraction and regional markets—given the government’s need for foreign exchange derived from these exports—and its development has been shaped by colonial experiences and the extractive mercantilist capitalism that structured the colonial economy (Castel-Branco, 2010). At the centre of Mozambique’s electricity system is the Cahora Bassa dam, completed in 1974 on the Zambezi in the northern province of Tete (see Figure 1).…”

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Powering the state: The political geographies of electrification in Mozambique

Power

Kirshner

2018

Environment and Planning C: Politics and Space

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This paper explores the role of electricity infrastructures in helping to create, expand or limit the contours of the state in post-colonial Mozambique. Through a focus on recent electrification campaigns and attempts to improve sustainable energy access, we argue that the extension of electricity infrastructures helps to counter the state's 'blindness' (Scott, 1998) and to provide a more permanent visibility for the state whilst potentially enhancing its capacity to order, arrange and 'read' its territory and citizenry (particularly in contested rural peripheries). We argue that the material and symbolic work of large-scale infrastructural works around rural electrification and grid extension constitute an important means through which the state performs and narrates its presence and role in order to gain meaning and importance in the lives of rural residents and to forge connections with them. Aside from extending the power and reach of state institutions and their territorial authority, we contend that the development of electricity infrastructures also helps to create neoliberal subjectivities and advance neoliberalisation whilst creating lucrative opportunities for elite accumulation. We examine the different forms of institutional, material and discursive power that influence why some ways of organising energy are privileged over others and reflect on the resulting implications for energy access inequalities and statecitizen relations.

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Félix de Avelar Brotero: uma história natural

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Natural and Historical Heritage of the Lisbon Botanical Gardens: An Integrative Approach with Tree Collections

Natural and Historical Heritage of the Lisbon Botanical Gardens: An Integrative Approach with Tree Collections

The publication dates of Felix de Avelar Brotero's Phytographia Lusitaniae selectior revisited, with notes on nomenclatural novelties published by Brotero in this work

Powering the state: The political geographies of electrification in Mozambique

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