Gualterio Looser

Chilean botanist (1898-1982).

Gualterio Looser Schallemberg (September 4, 1898, Santiago – July 22, 1982) was a Chilean botanist and engineer of Swiss descent. 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. His herbarium containing approximately 8000 specimens was given to the Geneva Botanical Garden.

Abbreviations: Looser
Occupations: scientific collector, pteridologist, botanist, botanical collector
Citizenships: Switzerland, Chile
Languages: Spanish
Dates: 1898-09-04T00:00:00Z – 1982-07-22T00:00:00Z
Birth place: Santiago
Direct attributions: 9 plants, 0 fungi
Authorship mentions: 15 plants, 0 fungi

9 plants attributed, 6 plants contributed to15 plants:

Cryptocarya alba (Chilean Acorn) (Molina) Looser 1950
plant species in the lauraceae family
Cryptocarya alba, the peumo or Chilean acorn, is an evergreen tree that grows in central Chile from 33 to 40° southern latitude, with the southernmost distribution in northern Los Lagos Region. It can live both in wet and in dry conditions. Its distribution can reach up to 1500 meters (5000 ft) above sea level. It measures up to 20 meters (65 ft) height and one meter diameter, with cracked gray bark. An associate tree is the endangered Chilean Wine Palm, Jubaea chilensis, which species prehistorically had a much wider range.
Ochagavia carnea (Tresco Rhodostachys) (Beer) L.B.Sm. & Looser 1934
plant species in the bromeliaceae family
Ochagavia carnea, the Tresco rhodostachys, is a plant species in the genus Ochagavia. This species is endemic to Chile.
Copiapoa taltalensis (Werderm.) Looser 1929
plant species in the cactaceae family
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Lardizabala funaria (Zabala) (Molina) Looser 1934
plant species in the lardizabalaceae family
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Dennstaedtia glauca C.Chr. ex Looser 1932
plant species in the dennstaedtiaceae family
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Trichocereus deserticola (Werderm.) Looser
plant species in the cactaceae family
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Puya coerulea var. violacea (Brongn.) L.B.Sm. & Looser 1970
perennial plant variety in the bromeliaceae family
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Puya coerulea var. monteroana (L.B.Sm. & Looser) L.B.Sm. & Looser 1970
perennial plant variety in the bromeliaceae family
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Puya coerulea var. intermedia (L.B.Sm. & Looser) L.B.Sm. & Looser 1970
perennial plant variety in the bromeliaceae family
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Laureliopsis philippiana (Looser) Schodde 1983
plant species in the atherospermataceae family
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Blechnum fernandezianum (Looser) Prada & Rolleri 2006
plant species in the blechnaceae family
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Synammia feuillei var. ibanezii (Looser) G.Kunkel 1965
plant variety in the polypodiaceae family
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Sticherus squamulosus var. gunckelianus (Looser) R.A.Rodr. & Ponce 2007
plant variety in the gleicheniaceae family
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Polystichum chilense var. dusenii (C.Chr.) Looser ex Rodriguez 1987
plant variety in the dryopteridaceae family
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Austroblechnum fernandezianum (Looser) Gasper & V.A.O.Dittrich 2016
plant species in the blechnaceae family
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