Castro, Alberto Osorio de |
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(Source: Flora Malesiana ser. 1, 1: Cyclopaedia of collectors) |
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About 1911 official of the Civil Service of Portuguese Timor; a judge, a poet, and a very good prose writer. He wrote a book describing his travels in Timor. Aspidium decastroi v.A.v.R. was named after him. |
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Herb. Bog. [BO]: some small collections, numbering > 136 (pres. 1911), collected in Portuguese Timor. In 1909 and 1910 plants were sent for identification to Buitenzorg [BO]. Dupl. in Herb. Leiden[L]. In Herb. Univ. Lisbon. [LISU] (251 poor specim.). Identifications printed in Bol. Soc. Broter. Univ. Coimbra. |
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Backer, Verkl. Woordenb., 1936. |