Title
History of botanical exploration in Territorio Federal Amazonas, Venezuela
Related Titles
Series:
Smithsonian contributions to botany, no. 56
By
Huber, Otto, 1944-
Wurdack, John J.
Type
Book
Material
Published material
Publication info
City of Washington, Smithsonian Institution Press, 1984
Notes
Detailed information is provided on botanical activities in the Territorio Federal Amazonas, southern Venezuela, during the period 1800 to 31 December 1982. Emphasis is on botanical collections, their collectors, localities, itineraries, time period, number, and final deposit in the world's herbaria. The data are arranged both chronologically and alphabetically by collectors, including cross references between main and secondary collectors. Altogether 188 collectors are listed, 124 of them being main collectors. The total collected plant numbers in T. F. Amazonas is now about 50,000 (not including duplicates), representing an estimated 3000 to 5000 species. A short geographical outline at the beginning of the paper, accompanied by a map, provides general information on main localities, rivers, mountains, and other features often mentioned in the text and on the labels of herbarium specimens.
Subjects
Amazonas (Territory)
,
Amazonas (Venezuela : Territory)
,
Botany
,
History
,
Venezuela
Call Number
QK1 .S2747 no. 56
Language
English
Identifiers
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.122857
GPO:
910-E (microfiche)
LCCN:
https://lccn.loc.gov/83600361
OCLC:
10272663
Wikidata:
https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q51399446
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