Robert Louis Dressler
American (1927–2019)
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Robert (Louis) Dressler (born 1927, died October 15, 2019, in Paraíso, Costa Rica) was an American botanist specialist of the taxonomy of the Orchidaceae.[1]
He graduated from the University of Southern California and Harvard University.[2]
In 1977, botanist Hans Wiehler published Reldia, which is a genus of plants from South America in the family Gesneriaceae, with the name honouring Robert Louis Dressler.[3]
The standard author abbreviation Dressler is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.[4]
References
- ^ El mundo pierde a uno de los grandes botánicos que dejó su huella en Costa Rica
- ^ "Dressler, Robert Louis (1927-)".
- ^ "Reldia Wiehler | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 20 January 2022.
- ^ International Plant Names Index. Dressler.
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