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Index of Botanists

NameFoster, Robert Crichton
Start Date1904
End Date1986
Remarks [author note: Bibliographer, Gray Herbarium Card Index 1954-1970; GH] [collector note: W. United States (Ariz., Calif.): GH (orig.), US (273)]
ASA Botanist ID101835 botanist
GUIDhttp://purl.oclc.org/net/edu.harvard.huh/guid/uuid/9864bcac-fa3c-4f49-bb5a-d953b4ca9507
Variant nameRobert Crichton Foster
Variant nameR. C. F.
Author nameR. C. Foster
B & P Author Abbrev.R. C. Foster
Standard/Label NameR. C. Foster
Full NameFoster, Robert Crichton
Geography AuthorUnited States of America
Geography CollectorUnited States of America
Specialty AuthorSpermatophytes
Specialty CollectorPhanerogams
Citation as Author Authors of Plant Names. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Citation as CollectorIndex Herbariorum - Collectors E-H
Member of teams/groups
Author in Iridis Sp. Nov.
HoldingsSearch for specimens collected by R. C. Foster
Collections in1928 (1),  1932 (1),  1933 (1),  1937 (99),  1938 (46),  1939 (2),  1945 (29)
Collector Teams:L. B. Smith; B. G. Schubert & R. C. Foster  R. C. Foster & J. F. Arnold