Alberto Vojtěch Frič

Czech botanist, ethnographer, writer and explorer

Alberto Vojtěch Frič (Czech pronunciation: [ˈalbɛrto ˈvojcɛx ˈfrɪtʃ], 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.

The standard author abbreviation Frič is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.[1]

Credited

Alberto Frič (Brasil, 1906)
  • Lophophora alberto-vojtechii
  • Lophophora fricii
  • Stenocereus fricii
  • Cleistocactus strausii var. fricii
  • Notocactus fricii synonymum Malacocarpus fricii, Wigginsia fricii
  • Airampoa
  • Chaffeyopuntia
  • Pseudotephrocactus
  • Salmiopuntia
  • Subulatopuntia
  • Weberiopuntia

References

Alberto Vojtech Frič, Mexico 1923

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