Kersting, Otto |
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(Source: Flora Malesiana ser. 1, 1: Cyclopaedia of collectors) |
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Born: 1863, Riga, Latvia. |
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Name sometimes erroneously with the initial H. or W. Physician who made expeditions in Africa (1893-94) and New Guinea (see below); from 1897-1909 he stayed in W. Africa (Togo); in 1910 appointed ‘Bezirksamtsmann’ (bailiff) in Yap and ? subsequently in Kaiser-Wilhelmsland. Several plants were named after him. |
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1896. Kaiser-Wilhelmsland Expedition in NE. New Guinea; cf. sub Lauterbach (detailed itiner., liter., etc.) and Tappenbeck. |
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Herb. Berl. [B]: coll. Lauterbach & Kersting & Tappenbeck 931 nos. We met with plants of his numbered upwards of 2000; ? in Lauterbach series. |
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Backer, Verkl. Woordenb., 1936. |