Museu Botânico Dr. João Barbosa Rodrigues, São Paulo

The Dr. João Barbosa Rodrigues Botanical Museum is a state public museum, linked to the Botany Institute of São Paulo. that serves as a didactic-exhibitive equipment. It is located in the Botanical Garden of São Paulo, in São Paulo's Cursino district. Initially idealized by Brazilian botanist Frederico Carlos Hoehne, the museum was inaugurated during the year 1942, on the occasion of the birth centennial of another botanist, João Barbosa Rodrigues. The museum's goal was to complement the Botanical Garden's educational activities and encourage interest in basic and applied botanical research. Its collection, which is dedicated especially to Brazilian flora, consists of exsiccata, rare specimens of wood, samples of fruits, seeds and plant essences of economic importance etc.