Gualterio Looser

Gualterio Looser with goddaughter

Gualterio Looser Schallemberg (September 4, 1898, Santiago – July 22, 1982) was a Chilean botanist and engineer of Swiss parentage.^[1] He owned a factory that made agricultural implements.

In 1928 Looser joined the American Fern Society, and started to publish papers on the pteridophytes of Chile.^[2] His herbarium containing ca. 8000 specimens was given to Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques de la Ville de Genève.

Some taxa described by G Looser

Boldea boldus (=Peumus boldus).
Cryptocarya alba (Molina) Looser.
Laureliopsis philippiana (Looser) Schodde as Laurelia.
Sticherus squamulosus (Desv.) Nakai var. gunckelianus (Looser) R. Rodr. et Ponce as Dicranopteris.

Notes

↑ http://www.eye.ch/swissgen/kant/sgloos-m.htm
↑ Marticorena C. 1984. Gaulterio Looser (1898.1982) Am. Fern J. 74,
↑ IPNI. Looser.

Authority control	WorldCat Identities VIAF: 156368435 LCCN: no2010161555 GND: 117213993 Botanist: Looser

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