Buchtien, Otto August (1859-1946)

Herbarium
Natural History Museum (BM)
Collection
Plant Collectors
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Contributor
Natural History Museum (BM)
First name(s)
Otto August
Last name
Buchtien
Initials
O.A.
Life Dates
1859 - 1946
Collecting Dates
1878 - 1935
Specification
Plant collector
Groups collected
Bryophytes
Pteridophytes
Spermatophytes
Organisation(s)
US (main), AMES, B, BAF, BM, BP, C, E, F, FR, G, GB, GE, GH, H, HBG, JE, K, L, LA, LAU, LCU, LD, LY, M, MANCH, MICH, MO, MPU, NMW, NSW, NY, O, P, S, SGO, SI, SP, U, VT, W, WAG, WRSL, WU
Countries
Europe: Germany, PortugalTemperate South America: Argentina, ChileTropical South America: Bolivia
Associate(s)
Günther, Ernst Karl Franz (1870-) (co-collector)
Biography
German teacher and botanist from Rostock who emigrated to South America (c. 1893). He was a teacher in Chile and latterly in Bolivia (c. 1906) where he became director of the National Museum in La Paz. Buchtien collected mainly in northern Patagonia and Peru. In 1936 he returned to Germany and died in Hagen (Westfalen). The genus Buchtenia Schltr. is named in his honour.
References
Brummitt, R.K. & Powell, C.E., Authors Pl. Names (1992): 91; Harrison, S.G., Ind. Coll. Welsh Nat. Herb. (1985): 23; Lanjouw, J. & Stafleu, F.A., Index Herb. Coll. A-D (1954): 104; Stafleu, F.A. & Cowan, R.S., Taxon. Lit., ed. 2, 1 (1976): 396;
Buchtien, Otto August (1859-1946)
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