Barbosa is also the name of a soccer player. See Moacir Barbosa for more.
Barbosa is also the name of a plantgenus, too. See Barbosa (genus) for more. Divisions Green algae land plants (embryophytes) non-vascular embryophytes Hepatophyta - liverworts Anthocerophyta - hornworts Bryophyta - mosses vascular plants (tracheophytes) seedless vascular plants Lycopodiophyta - clubmosses Equisetophyta - horsetails Pteridophyta - true ferns Psilotophyta - whisk ferns Ophioglossophyta - adderstongue ferns seed plants (spermatophytes) †Pteridospermatophyta - seed ferns Pinophyta - conifers Cycadophyta - cycads Ginkgophyta - ginkgo Gnetophyta - gnetae Magnoliophyta - flowering... In biology, a genus (plural genera) is a grouping in the classification of living organisms having one or more related and morphologically similar species. ...
Barbosa is a municipality in the state of São Paulo in Brazil. Its coordinates are 21°16′00″S, 49°56′54″W. The population in 2003 is 6,072 and the area is 205.76 km² The elevation is 386 m. Flag of São Paulo São Paulo is a state in Brazil. ... This article is about longitude and latitude; see also UTM coordinate system Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (vertically) and longitude (horizontally); large version (pdf) The geographic (earth-mapping) coordinate system expresses every horizontal position on Earth by two of the three coordinates of a spherical coordinate system which... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Barbosa is also the name of 3 towns in Colombia: http://www.fallingrain.com/world/CO/a/B/a/r/b/ One of them is notorious for the highest crime rate in the country: http://home.earthlink.net/~cafe.tinto/violence.htm
Barbosa practiced medicine all over the island, and introduced the novel idea of employers paying a fee for the future health care needs of their employees (a very early health insurance system).
Barbosa was a member of the Autonomous Party led by Román Baldorioty de Castro but left the party because of ideological differences.
Barbosa's house in Bayamón was converted into a museum in which many of his awards, certificates, books and other artifacts of interest are exhibited.