R. H. Schomburgk
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Name
Robert Hermann Schomburgk
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Dates
1804 - 1865
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Specialities
Spermatophytes
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Roles
Author, Collector, Writer, Determiner
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Movement Details
Germany, Venezuela, Brazil, Dominican Republic, Guyana
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Notes
Author Notes: Herbarium and types: BM, K; duplicates widely distributed
Collector Notes: collected widely in the Lesser Antilles and n. e. South America. Brother of Richard Schomburgk. Robert's labels white and in English; Richard's labels blue and generally in German (?) (fide Gustavo Romero, 1995); Venezuelan collections in 1839; Guyana in 1835-1843 -
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