Gualterio Looser

Gualterio Looser scarf Lviv ( born September 4, 1898 in Santiago de Chile, † July 22, 1982 ) was a Swiss- Chilean botanist. Its official botanical author abbreviation is " Looser ".

After Looser are the plant species Solanum looseri Buk. (Solanaceae ) Aloysia looseri Mold. ( Verbenaceae ), Amaranthus looseri Suess. ( Amaranthaceae ), Astragalus looseri Johnst. ( Fabaceae ), Nassauvia looseri Cabr ( Asteraceae), and Tropaeolum looseri Sparre ( Tropaeolaceae ) has been named.

Works (selection)

  • Botánica Geografía de Chile, translation of the work, " Broad distribution of plants in Chile " by Karl F. Rich
  • 1928 Botánica Miscelánea. Revista Univ. (Santiago) 13, 523
  • 1935 Smith L.B. & G. Looser Las especies chilenas del género Puya. Revista Univ. (Santiago) 20, 241-279.
  • 1948 The ferns of southern Chile. Amer. Remote J. 38, 33-44
  • 1955 Los helechos ( Pteridófitos ) Central de Chile. Moliniana 1, 5-95
  • 1973 El botánico chileno Eberhard Kausel. Bol. Soc. Argent. Bot 15, 137

Herbarium

His collection is now preserved in the herbarium " Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques de la Ville de Genève " in Geneva.

Karl Friedrich Reiche International Plant Names Index Integrated Authority File
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