F. R. Fosberg field notebook # 66, begin 43245, end 43403

Title Variants

Alternative: Collection and Field Note Book No. 66, Oct. 14, 1962 -- Jan. 25, 1963 (43245 - 43403)

Related Titles

Contained In: F. Raymond Fosberg field notes from the Department of Botany

Series: SIA Acc. 12-040

Series: Smithsonian Field Book Project : an initiative to improve access to field book content that documents natural history

By

Fosberg, F. Raymond (Francis Raymond), 1908-1993

Type

Book

Material

Archival material

Publication info

1962-1963

Notes

English

An inserted table of contents contains a full listing of localities and corresponding collector numbers. This field book contains a specimen list of botanical specimens collected by F. R. Fosberg from 14 October 1962 to 25 January 1963 in Costa Rica, Brazil, Virginia, Maryland, and France. Collector numbers 43425-43403 are included. Specimen list includes scientific name, date, locality, collector number, with occasional notes on locality or physical descriptions of specimens (size, color, etc.). Some longer narrative notes document vegetation in various localities. Localities include but are not limited to: Sao Paulo, Guanabara (Brazil); Fairfax County (Virginia); Worcester County (Maryland); and Fontainebleau (France). Travel notes are also included for Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Panama, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru. Several loose pages are inserted into the book and include maps, travel pamphlets and ephemera, and field note annotations by George Eiten and unknown. Botanical specimens can be found pressed between the last two pages of the field book.

Subjects

Botany , Brazil , Field notes , France , Maryland , São Paulo , United States , Virginia

BHL Collections

Smithsonian Field Books collection

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.98102
Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q51471661