Rudolf Schlechter's South-American orchids I. Historical and bibliographical background



Document title: Rudolf Schlechter's South-American orchids I. Historical and bibliographical background
Journal: Lankesteriana
Database: PERIÓDICA
System number: 000431200
ISSN: 1409-3871
Authors: 1
2
Institutions: 1Universidad de Costa Rica, Jardín Botánico Lankester, San José. Costa Rica
2Swiss Orchid Foundation, Jany Renz Herbarium, Basilea. Suiza
Year:
Season: Ago
Volumen: 19
Number: 2
Pages: 125-193
Country: Costa Rica
Language: Inglés
Document type: Artículo
Approach: Analítico, descriptivo
English abstract This study represents the first part of a series dedicated to the work of Rudolf Schlechter on the orchid flora of South America. The historical background of Schlechter’s botanical activity is outlined, and salient aspects of his biography, as well as his main scientific relationships, in particular with Oakes Ames, and the origins of his interest in tropical America are discussed. We also present a complete bibliography relative to Schlechter’s production on the orchid floras of South American countries, with his network of orchid collectors, growers and other purveyors, and checklists of all the new taxa that he described from each individual country
Disciplines: Biología
Keyword: Angiospermas,
Taxonomía y sistemática,
Historia de la biología,
Naturalistas,
Expediciones científicas,
Orquídeas,
Lista de especies,
Distribución geográfica,
Orchidaceae,
América del Sur
Keyword: Angiosperms,
Taxonomy and systematics,
History of biology,
Naturalists,
Scientific expeditions,
Orchids,
Species checklist,
Geographical distribution,
Orchidaceae,
South America
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