Alberto Vojtěch Frič

Alberto Vojtěch Frič (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.

Credited

Alberto Frič (Brasil, 1906)

Lophophora fricii
Stenocereus fricii
Cleiostocactus straussii var. fricii
Notocactus fricii synonymum Malacocarpus fricii, Wigginsia fricii

References

Alberto Vojtech Frič, Mexico 1923

↑ "Author Query for 'Frič'". International Plant Names Index.

Authority control	WorldCat Identities VIAF: 74913006 LCCN: n84051049 ISNI: 0000 0000 8394 8577 GND: 128740515 SUDOC: 176908242 NKC: jk01031861 Botanist: Frič

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