Manuel Costa Talens (Carcaixent, 1938). He is a graduate of Pharmacy at the Universidad Complutense de Madrid where she teaches, it is in 1981 when she gains the chair of Botany at the Faculty of Pharmacy of the University of Valencia. In 1987, he was appointed director of the Botanic Garden of Valencia, and he heads his rehabilitation to recover it and locate it among the best in the world.

As a botanist, he revolutionized the world of Valencian botany, both from the point of view of teaching and from the research. Specialist in Mediterranean vegetation, biogeography and bioclimatology, you can find a great number of works on vegetation that are not only limited to the Valencian territory, but also anywhere in the world, as a result of the expeditions and botanical campaigns it carries out.

The vegetation of the Valencian lands, phytosociology and biodiversity have been their fields of work, contributing to the Valencian botany a good number of books, articles, appointments, presentations, etc., which are an invaluable legacy for our culture . As a result of its rigorous activity, the "Vegetation in the Valencia Country" was born, a scientific divulge book, which is one of the best trials in spreading botany.