Gloria Galeano Garcés
Colombian scientist
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| Intro | Colombian scientist | |
| A.K.A. | Galeano | |
| A.K.A. | Galeano | |
| Places | Colombia | |
| was | Engineer Scientist Botanist Agricultural Engineer | |
| Work field | Engineering Science | |
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| Birth | 22 April 1958, Medellín | |
| Death | 23 March 2016 (aged 57 years) | |
| Star sign | Taurus |
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Gloria Amparo Galeano Garcés (April 22, 1958 – March 23, 2016) was a Colombian botanist and agronomist. Galeano was 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 authored taxonomic descriptions of 58 species, subspecies and varieties of plants, especially in the palm family, and coauthored a field guide to the palms of the Americas.