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Index of Botanists

NameFilchner, Wilhelm
Date of birth1877
Date of death1957
RemarksBorn in Bayreuth, Germany, Wilhelm Filchner's first expedition was to Russia, at the age of 21. From 1903 to 1905 Filchner led an expedition to Tibet. He was an officer in the Bavarian army prior to his expedition to Antarctica. http://www.70south.com/resources/history/explorers/filchner [collector note: Kansu, N.E. Tibet]
ASA Botanist ID122178 botanist
GUIDhttp://purl.oclc.org/net/edu.harvard.huh/guid/uuid/770d0c54-cd21-481c-b5dc-8845c68b533f
Standard/Label NameW. Filchner
Full NameFilchner, Wilhelm
Geography CollectorChina
Specialty CollectorPhanerogams
Citation as CollectorIndex Herbariorum - Collectors E-H; pers. comm. from Freek Vrugtman