Daniela Cristina Zappi

{{short description|Brazilian botanist}}

{{Infobox scientist

| name = Daniela Cristina Zappi

| image = Daniela Cristina Zappi 02.jpg

| alma_mater = University of São Paulo

| fields = Botany, Plant taxonomy

| doctoral_advisor = Ana Maria Giulietti

| workplaces = Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

| nationality = Brazilian

}}

{{Cite web |last=Zappi |first=Daniela Cristina |date=2025-03-14 |title=Daniela Cristina Zappi |url=http://buscatextual.cnpq.br/buscatextual/visualizacv.do;jsessionid=1B3FF1589AFFA2BC3053F298C845BC1D.buscatextual_0 |access-date=2025-03-14 |website=Curriculo Latte}}{{Cite web |title=Daniela Cristina Zappi |url=https://www.escavador.com/sobre/1422220/daniela-cristina-zappi |access-date=2025-03-17 |website=Escavador |language=pt-br}}Dr. Daniela Cristina Zappi (born 1965) is a Brazilian botanist, plant collector, and research scientist at the herbarium of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew noted for studying and describing Neotropical flora, Rubiaceae, and Cactaceae.{{cite web |title=Kew: Tropical America Research Staff in the Kew Herbarium |url=https://www.kew.org/science/tropamerica/people.htm |website=www.kew.org |accessdate=7 February 2019}}{{cite journal |title=Zappi, Daniela Cristina (1965-) on JSTOR |url=https://plants.jstor.org/stable/10.5555/al.ap.person.bm000033869 |website=plants.jstor.org |accessdate=7 February 2019 }} She has described over 90 species.{{cite web |title=Tropicos {{!}} Person - Zappi, Daniela Cristina |url=http://www.tropicos.org/Person/61076?tab=names |website=www.tropicos.org |accessdate=7 February 2019}} {{botanist|Zappi|inline=yes}}{{cite web |title=Index of Botanists - Zappi, Daniela Cristena |url=http://kiki.huh.harvard.edu/databases/botanist_search.php?mode=details&id=62505 |website=kiki.huh.harvard.edu |publisher=Harvard University Herbaria & Libraries |accessdate=7 February 2019}}

Education/Degree

Daniela Cristina Zappi started her college life in 1982 getting her degree in Biological Sciences. But this went up through the years. In the year (1987-1989) Daniela got her master's degree in Biological Sciences at the same University. Lastly, in 1989-1992 Daniela got her PhD in Biological sciences.

Participation in Events

Dr. Daniela Cristina Zappi has been very active in this subject of science for the past ten years. She has participated in multiple events like the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew in projects working with Rubiaceae. Cactaceae, the Flora Neotropical and Loganiaceae. Another project she worked on was with Instituto Tecnologico Vale, Belem mainly focus on floristic of the Brazilian Flora. She was helping contribute biodiversity of data for mining and the natural capital of Para forests. Currently she's working as a visiting professor at the University of Brasilia supporting students through their career. Daniela still works on her studies on Cactaceae and Neotropical biography.

Daniela Cristina Zappi is a notable botanist, plant collector in the contribution to the field of botany, and research scientist. The most recent event she has participated was in 2023, "73 National Congress of Botany. Urban afforestation in the region of Carajás. 2023. (Congress)." This is where botanist share their projects with others and discuss new discovery of plants.{{Cite web |title=Daniela Cristina Zappi |url=http://buscatextual.cnpq.br/buscatextual/visualizacv.do;jsessionid=1B3FF1589AFFA2BC3053F298C845BC1D.buscatextual_0 |access-date=2025-03-14 |website=CNPq}}