Caetano Xavier dos Remedios Furtado (14 October 1897 – 13 June 1980) was a botanist who specialized in palms.
He described nearly 104 species of palms, worked on the African genus Hyphaene and on the family Araceae.
He was also involved in clarifying the terms "illegitimate" and "superfluous" names in taxonomic nomenclature.
He was the son of physician Jose Irneu das Augustias dos Remedios and Maria Eloisa Anacleta de Sousa and went to the Poona Agricultural College, receiving a B.Ag.
[11][12] Furtado's wife Ana Sebastiana da Piedade was from Calangute descent and they had 3 sons and 3 daughters.