Gloria Galeano

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Gloria A. Galeano Garcés (born 1958) is a Colombian botanist and agronomist. Galeano is a faculty member at the Institute of Natural Sciences, National University of Colombia. She received her Ph.D. from the University of Aarhus in 1996.

She has authored taxonomic descriptions of 58 species, subspecies and varieties of plants, especially in the palm family[1], and coauthored a field guide to the palms of the Americas.[2]

The standard author abbreviation Galeano is used to indicate this individual as the author when citing a botanical name.[3]

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  1. ^ International Plant Names Index
  2. ^ Henderson, Andrew; Gloria Galeano; Rodrigo Bernal (1995). Field Guide to the Palms of the Americas. Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press. ISBN 0-691-08537-4. 
  3. ^ Brummitt, R. K.; C. E. Powell (1992). Authors of Plant Names. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. ISBN 1-84246-085-4. 

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