Orchids in the era of Grigory von Langsdorff: two golden decades in the history of the botanical exploration of Brazil (1813-1830)

The figure of Grigory Ivanovich von Langsdorff was largely neglected by the scientific literature of the 19th and 20th centuries. German-born von Langsdorff was consul of the Russian Empire in Rio de Janeiro. His activities in Brazil from 1813 to 1830 are here described, a time during which his hous...

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Main Author: Ossenbach, Carlos
Format: Online
Language:eng
Published: Universidad de Costa Rica 2018
Online Access:https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/lankesteriana/article/view/34106

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