Countries
West African Islands: Azores, Madeira, Cape VerdeTropical Africa: Socotra, TanzaniaBrazilian region: BrazilMadagascan region: Comoros, MadagascarEurope: GibraltarMascarenes: MauritiusSouthern Africa: Mozambique, South AfricaWestern Asia: Saudi Arabia, Yemen
Biography
Stefan Paulay was ship's surgeon and botanist with the expeditions of the Vienna Academy of Sciences to South Arabia in 1896-1900. Together with Oskar Simony, Paulay collected 700 specimens over the course of the expeditions. Leading the effort was Swedish oriental scholar Carlo Landberg and Englishman George W. Bury. They were also accompanied by Austrian scientists David H. Müller, Afred Jahn and Franz Kossmat, with the chief objective of the journey being to explore the ruins of southern Arabia. The seven expeditions mounted between 1897 and 1900 resulted in a number of reports and publications on the findings.
Sources:
F. Vierhapper, 1907, Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Flora Südarabiens und der Inseln Sokotra, Semha und Abd el Kuri: 1-3
E. Macro, 1994, "The Austrian Imperial Academy's Expeditions to South Arabia 1897-1900 - C. De Landberg, D.H. Müller and G.W. Bury", New Arabian Studies, 1: 56.
References
Gunn, M. & Codd, L.E. Bot. Explor. S. Afr. (1981): 275; Vegter, H.I., Index Herb. Coll. N-R (1983): 654; Vegter, H.I., Index Herb. Coll. S (1986): 897;
