Eggers, Henrik Franz Alexander von (1844-1903)

Herbarium
Natural History Museum (BM)
Collection
Plant Collectors
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Contributor
Natural History Museum (BM)
First name(s)
Henrik Franz Alexander von
Last name
Eggers
Initials
H.F.A. von
Life Dates
1844 - 1903
Collecting Dates
1870 - 1901
Specification
Plant collector
Groups collected
Bryophytes
Spermatophytes
Organisation(s)
C (main), A, B, BM, BP, BR, BREM, CAS, CORD, DR, E, F, G, G-DC, GE, GH, GOET, H, HAC, HBG, JE, K, KIEL, L, LD, LE, LY, LZ, M, MA, MANCH, MICH, MIN, MO, MPU, NCY, NY, O, P, S, SI, U, UC, UPS, US, W, WRSL, WU, Z
Countries
Caribbean region: Dominican Republic, Bahamas, Barbados, Cuba, Dominica, Grenada, Haiti, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago, Turks and Caicos Islands, Virgin Islands (UK), Virgin Islands (USA)Tropical South America: Ecuador, VenezuelaEurope: Germany, SwitzerlandCentral American Continent: Mexico, PanamaTropical Africa: Sao Tome and Principe
Associate(s)
Eggers, B. (error)
Toepffer, Adolph (1853-1931) (edited exsiccatae)
Biography
German naval officer from Schleswig, who served mainly in the Danish navy and was stationed in the Danish Antilles (1869-1887). He collected plants widely during his travels in the Caribbean, particularly in St Croix, St Thomas, St Domingo, the Bahamas, Cuba and on the South American mainland in Venezuela and Ecuador. He died in Leipzig.
References
Brummitt, R.K. & Powell, C.E., Authors Pl. Names (1992): 183; Harrison, S.G., Ind. Coll. Welsh Nat. Herb. (1985): 37; Jackson, B.D., Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew (1901): 21; Knobloch, I.W., Phytologia Mem. 6 (1983): 24; Lanjouw, J. & Stafleu, F.A., Index Herb. Coll. E-H (1957): 178; Murray, G.R.M., Hist. Coll. Nat. Hist. Dep. Brit. Mus. (1904): 146;
Eggers, Henrik Franz Alexander von (1844-1903)
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