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Adolphe Tonduz

Adolphe Tonduz

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Adolphe Tonduz (1862-1921) was a Swiss botanist who collected plants in both Guatemala and Costa Rica. He was the first director of the National Herbarium of Costa Rica, which was founded in 1887. Together with Henri Pittier he published 'Primitae Florae Costaricensis' and 'Herborisations au Costa Rica'.

Honours and namesakes

Species named after Tonduz

These species were discovered from specimens collected by Tonduz and were unknown to science at the time.

The standard author abbreviation Tonduz is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.[1]

References

  1. [1]
    International Plant Names Index.  Tonduz.
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