He also founded the Broterian Society, which brought together various scientists botanists, geologists and naturalists.

Henriques was born on 15 January 1838, in the parish of Arco de Baúlhe.

He acquired new laboratory resources, increased fieldwork opportunities for his botany students.

[2][4] This invigoration within the botany department, turned Coimbra into a national centre for studying Portuguese flora.

He also started classifying and identifying the herbarium collection (including Willkomm's and his) specimens.

Soc Broteriana, various geological, topographical and flora observations from explorations taken in June 1884.

[11] He was also interested in the development of agriculture on São Tomé and Príncipe and in Angola,[12] publishing instructions on successful cultivation of certain crop species (particularly quinine for its protective qualities against malaria), and sending over thousands of species of potential agricultural interest.

[14][15] He studied specimens from plant collectors, Frenchman Jules Alexandre Daveau (during 1852-1929) and M. Ferreira.

Soc Broteriana various geological, topographical and flora details of various regions in articles.

[9] Henriques did not hold a large number of administrative positions, preferring instead to concentrate on his teaching and running the gardens.

This was a brief annotated list of 405 species of vascular plants collected by Henriques in July 1908.

[9] In 1955, Portugaliae acta biologica: Sistemática, ecologia, biogeografia e paleontologia, Volumes 6-8 was also published.

[20] In 1978, Sociedade Broteriana also published the letters sent between Julio Henriques and Heinrich Moritz Willkomm.