C. S. Rafinesque-Schmaltz
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Name
Constantine S. Rafinesque-Schmaltz
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Dates
22 Oct 1783 - 18 Sep 1840
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Specialities
Algae, Bryophytes, Mycology, Pteridophytes, Spermatophytes
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Roles
Author, Collector
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Movement Details
Italy, United States of America, Egypt, Turkey
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Notes
Author Notes: Born in Constantinople, lived in Sicily and Kentucky, brilliant, eccentric pioneer naturalist; profligate author of binomials, with many "species" quite untraceable
Collector Notes: N. America: DWC, G-DC, G-DEL, LE (r. 1856:220), NY, P, PH, W, WIS, WS -
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