Emilio Guinea


Emilio Guinea López was a Spanish botanist.
He graduated in 1929, and was awarded his doctorate in 1932 in Natural Sciences in the "Central University of Madrid" (now the Complutense University of Madrid.
He made numerous expeditions to tropical Africa, with an emphasis on Equatorial Guinea.
In 1957 he became Curator of the Royal Botanical Garden of Madrid.
Both his library and his personal herbarium were donated to the Royal Botanical Garden of Madrid, which named him Honorary Director.

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