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HENRI PITTIER'S BOTANICAL ACTIVITY IN PANAMA
Author(s) -
Dwyer John D.
Publication year - 1973
Publication title -
taxon
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.819
H-Index - 81
eISSN - 1996-8175
pISSN - 0040-0262
DOI - 10.2307/1218631
Subject(s) - panama , panama canal , botanical garden , geography , archaeology , biology , ecology , environmental science , water resource management
Summary Henri Pittier was one of the most important plant collectors in the Republic of Panama during the time of the construction of the Panama Canal by the Americans (1903‐1914). The purpose of this paper is to discuss in detail Pittier's botanical activities in the Republic and to include a list of those collections which are type collections.