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[]
Categories:
- Chilean botanists
- Pteridologists
- Chilean people of Swiss-German descent
- People from Santiago
- 1898 births
- 1982 deaths
- South American botanist stubs
- Chilean people stubs