Carlos Spegazzini (1858-1926): travels and botanical work on vascular plants

KATINAS, L., GUTIERREZ, D. G. & TORRES ROBLES, S. S.

ANNALS OF THE MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN

Missouri Botanical Garden

Lugar: Saint Louis, Missouri; Año: 2000 vol. 87 p. 183 - 202

0026-6493

Carlos Luis Spegazzini (1858-1926) was a leading figure in Argentina natural history, mainly recognized for his mycological and vascular plant studies. Information concerning Spegazzinis travels and his botanical work focusing on vascular plants, including his specimens and publications, is provided. The collecting expeditions of Spegazzini and collaborators in Argentina is summarized. The identification of his typic and non-typic materials is frequently complicated by the lack or sparcity of label information. Spegazzini published ca. 100 papers on vascular plants, mostly in Argentinian journals, describing ca. 1000 new taxa. A list of the new genera, species, and infraspecific taxa described by Spegazzini is provided. Spegazzini was professor at the University of La Plata and Buenos Aires in Argentina, curator of the herbarium of the National Department of Agriculture, first head of the herbarium of Museo de La Plata, and founder of an arboretum and an institute of mycology in La Plata city.