Alberto Vojtěch Frič
Czech botanist, ethnographer, writer and explorer
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Alberto Vojtěch Frič (Czech pronunciation: [ˈalbɛrto ˈvojcɛx ˈfrɪtʃ], 8 September 1882 Prague – 4 December 1944 Prague) was a famous Czech botanist, ethnographer, writer and explorer. He undertook 8 voyages to America, discovered, described and catalogued many species of cactus. South American Indians called him Karaí Pukú (engl. Long Hunter); in Europe he became known as Cactus Hunter.
The standard author abbreviation Frič is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.[1]
Credited
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Alberto Frič (Brasil, 1906)
- Lophophora alberto-vojtechii
- Lophophora fricii
- Stenocereus fricii
- Cleistocactus strausii var. fricii
- Notocactus fricii synonymum Malacocarpus fricii, Wigginsia fricii
- Airampoa
- Chaffeyopuntia
- Pseudotephrocactus
- Salmiopuntia
- Subulatopuntia
- Weberiopuntia
References
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Alberto Vojtech Frič, Mexico 1923
- ^ International Plant Names Index. Frič.
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