Egler, Walter Alberto (1924-1961)

Herbarium
Natural History Museum (BM)
Collection
Plant Collectors
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Contributor
Natural History Museum (BM)
First name(s)
Walter Alberto
Last name
Egler
Initials
W.A.
Life Dates
1924 - 1961
Collecting Dates
1957 - 1961
Specification
Plant collector
Groups collected
Spermatophytes
Organisation(s)
G, IAN, MG, NY, P
Countries
Brazilian region: Brazil
Associate(s)
Black, George Alexander (1916-1957) (co-collector)
Cavalcante, Paulo Bezerra (1922-) (co-collector)
Irwin, Howard Samuel (1928-) (co-collector)
Pereira, Edmundo (1914-1986) (co-collector)
Pires, João Murça (1917-1994) (co-collector)
Westra, Lübbert Ybele Theodoor (1932-) (co-collector)
Biography
German-Brazilian agronomist. Egler was director of the Museum Paraense Emilio Goeldi in São Paulo. He met his death aged just 36 on an expedition to the Jari River, led by Howard Irwin of New York Botanical Gardens. His collected works (in Portguese) were published in 1992.

Sources:
W.A. Egler, 1992, Coletanea de trabalhos de Walter Alberto Egler.
References
Brummitt, R.K. & Powell, C.E., Authors Pl. Names (1992): 183;
Egler, Walter Alberto (1924-1961)
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