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Index of Botanists

NameWest, James
Date of birth1886
Date of death1939
Remarks [collector note: Assumed name of Egon Viktor Moritz Karl Maria von Ratibon, Prinz zu Hohenlohe-Schillingsfurst; see Goodspeed, Plant Hunters in the Andes (1941), pp. 13, 14, 319. Collected in Peru, Bolivia 1935-1937 (on University of California Botanical Garden Expedition to the Andes, under the direction of T. H. Goodspeed). GH]
ASA Botanist ID104210 botanist
GUIDhttp://purl.oclc.org/net/edu.harvard.huh/guid/uuid/06abd74c-a9cd-4706-bce1-a68dec08e4c8
Variant nameEgon Viktor Moritz Karl Maria von Ratibon, Prinz zu Hohenlohe-Schillingsfurst
Variant nameJames West; Egon Viktor Moritz Karl Maria von Ratibor, Prinz zu Hohenlohe-Schillingfuerst
Author nameJ. West
B & P Author Abbrev.J. West
Standard/Label NameJames West
Full NameWest, James
Geography CollectorBolivia,  Peru,  United States of America
Specialty AuthorSpermatophytes
Specialty CollectorPhanerogams
Citation as Author Authors of Plant Names. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Citation as CollectorIndex Herbariorum - Collectors T-Z
Citation as Collector Systematic Botany; Quarterly Journal of the American Society of Plant Taxonomists
Member of teams/groups
HoldingsSearch for specimens collected by James West
Collections in1935 (39),  1936 (48),  1937 (14)
Collector Teams:Y. E. J. Mexia & J. West 

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