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Index of Botanists

NameWright, Charles (Carlos)
Date of birth1811
Date of death1885
Remarks [author note: Herbarium and types: GH (general collections); US (Ringgold Expedition). Collected in Cuba, Nicaragua, Dominican Republic, southwestern United States and on Ringold and Rodgers Pacific Exploring Expedition] [collector note: GH (orig.), FH, US, duplicates widely distributed by A. Gray. Connecticut: NEBC. Botanist on the Pacific Exploring Expedition un Capt. Ringgold and Commander Rodgers, 1853-1856. Loo Choo Isls. [Ryukyus] (col. 1854) - few specimens with name of island where collected: GH, US; R.A. Howard. 1988. Charles Wright in Cuba, 1856-67.]
ASA Botanist ID150088 botanist
GUIDhttp://purl.oclc.org/net/edu.harvard.huh/guid/uuid/d1aa0210-f17d-40fe-add4-eea8c778c1dc
Variant nameCarlos Wright
Variant nameCharles Wright
Variant nameCharles(Carlos) Wright
Variant nameWright, Chas.
Variant nameChas. Wright
Author nameC. Wright
B & P Author Abbrev.C. Wright
Standard/Label NameC. Wright
Full NameWright, Charles (Carlos)
Geography AuthorUnited States of America
Geography CollectorAustralia (Country),  Cuba,  Dominican Republic,  Hong Kong,  Japan,  Mexico,  Nicaragua,  United States of America
Specialty AuthorPteridophytes
Specialty AuthorSpermatophytes
Specialty CollectorAlgae
Specialty CollectorFungi
Specialty CollectorLichens
Specialty CollectorPhanerogams
Citation as Author Authors of Plant Names. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Citation as Author Taxonomic Literature. Second Edition. Utrecht
Citation as CollectorIndex Herbariorum - Collectors T-Z
Citation as CollectorWalker, E. J. 1976. Fl. Okinawa S. Ryukyu I.
Member of teams/groups
HoldingsSearch for specimens collected by C. Wright
Collections in[no date] (2423),  1829 (1),  1831 (1),  1840 (4),  1844 (1),  1845 (22),  1846 (5),  1847 (8),  1848 (212),  1849 (1247),  1850 (14),  1851 (1644),  1852 (496),  1853 (1044),  1854 (95),  1855 (77),  1856 (399),  1857 (33),  1858 (5),  1859 (464),  1860 (952),  1861 (5),  1862 (5),  1863 (11),  1864 (3),  1865 (153),  1866 (2),  1868 (5),  1869 (3),  1870 (2),  1871 (3),  1872 (2),  1873 (1),  1874 (3),  1875 (17),  1876 (7),  1877 (2),  1878 (170),  1879 (111),  1880 (21),  1881 (28),  1882 (297),  1883 (166),  1884 (156),  1885 (14),  1896 (1),  1899 (1),  1912 (1),  1949 (6),  1951 (1),  1952 (1),  1953 (1),  1959 (1)
Collector Teams:C. Wright & J. M. Bigelow  C. C. Parry, J. M. Bigelow, C. Wright & A. C. V. Schott  C. Wright, C. C. Parry & H. Brummel  C. Wright & J. Small  C. Wright & Miss Wright  C. Wright & Moldenke  C. Wright & Grisebach  C. Wright & Sauvalle 
Author Teams:C. Wright & Moldenke  C. Wright & Grisebach  C. Wright & Sauvalle