João de Loureiro
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João de Loureiro (1717–1791) was a Portuguese Jesuit missionary, paleontologist, physician and botanist.
In 1742 he travelled to Cochinchina, remaining there for 30 years. He became a specialist in Asian flora and on his return published Flora Cochinchinensis (1790).
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