Gualterio Looser
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Gualterio Looser Schallemberg (September 4, 1898, Santiago – July 22, 1982) was a Chilean botanist and engineer of Swiss parentage.[1] He owned a factory that made agricultural implements.
In 1928 Looser joined the American Fern Society, and started to publish papers on the pteridophytes of Chile.[2] His herbarium containing ca. 8000 specimens was given to Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques de la Ville de Genève.
Some taxa described by G Looser
- Boldea boldus (=Peumus boldus).
- Cryptocarya alba (Molina) Looser.
- Laureliopsis philippiana (Looser) Schodde as Laurelia.
- Sticherus squamulosus (Desv.) Nakai var. gunckelianus (Looser) R. Rodr. et Ponce as Dicranopteris.
Notes
- ^ http://www.eye.ch/swissgen/kant/sgloos-m.htm
- ^ Marticorena C. 1984. Gaulterio Looser (1898.1982) Am. Fern J. 74,
- ^ International Plant Names Index. Looser.