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Warszewicz, Josef von Rawicz (1812–1866) View Biographical Record

Article: Warszewiczia; warszewiczii; warscewiczii

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Subject ID: 30400

Subject Name: Warszewicz, Josef von Rawicz
Article Title: Warszewiczia; warszewiczii; warscewiczii
Publication Primary Author: Backer, C. A.
Call Number: L15 B126V
Notes: Warzewicz, J. Knight von Rawicz; 1812-1866; born Wilna, Lithuania, died Cracau, Poland; supervisor of the Cracau bot. garden; 1845-53 travelled Central-America, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia, as collector for Van Houtte, and brought many plants from there to Europe, a.o. 'Warszewiczia' Klotsch, which later was named for him, just as were the plants with the epithet 'warszewiczii', which sometimes is wrongly spelled 'warscewiczii'.