title: [Maria Bandeira: a pioneering botanist at the Botanic Garden of Rio de Janeiro].
abstract: This article sheds light on Maria Bandeira, the first female botanist to work at the Botanic Garden of Rio de Janeiro. She was active in the 1920s, but is absent from the historiography and little cited in the scientific literature. The significant number of plant, fungus, and lichen specimens she collected, her capacity to reach far-flung places, her extensive correspondence with foreign experts, and her studies at Sorbonne are all sources for the analysis of the way botany was practiced and the social networks at play in science at the time. The end of her scientific career, when she adopted a cloistered life with the Barefoot Carmelite nuns, can be interpreted variously, and partially explains why her contributions to Brazilian botany have been forgotten.
authors: Pesquisadora, Instituto de Pesquisas Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro. Rua Pacheco Leão, 915 22460-030 - Rio de Janeiro - RJ - Brasil. begonha@jbrj.gov.br.
authors: Begonha
authors: B
authors: Bediaga
authors: Pesquisadora, Instituto de Pesquisas Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro. Rua Pacheco Leão, 915 22460-030 - Rio de Janeiro - RJ - Brasil. ariane@jbrj.gov.br.
authors: Ariane Luna
authors: AL
authors: Peixoto
authors: Professor, Instituto de Botânica/Secretaria do Meio Ambiente do Estado de São Paulo. Avenida Miguel Stefano, 3687 04301-902 - São Paulo - SP - Brasil. tfilg@uol.com.br.
authors: Tarciso S
authors: TS
authors: Filgueiras
mesh_terms: D001901:Botany / Q000266:history*; D001938:Brazil; D005260:Female; D000072506:Gardens / Q000266:history*; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D065831:Nuns / Q000266:history