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Czech botanist, traveller, ethnographist, photographer and writer
Alberto Vojtěch Frič
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Czech botanist, traveller, ethnographist, photographer and writer
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Frič
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Place of birth
Prague
Death
4 December 1944 (aged 62 years)
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Prague
Age
62 years
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Vojtěch Frič
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Alberto Vojtěch Frič (8 September 1882 Prague – 4 December 1944 Prague) was a famous Czech botanist, ethnographer, writer and explorer. He undertook 8 voyages to America, discovered, described and catalogued many species of cactus. South American Indians called him Karaí Pukú (engl. Long Hunter); in Europe he became known as Cactus Hunter.
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- Lophophora fricii
- Stenocereus fricii
- Cleistocactus strausii var. fricii
- Notocactus fricii synonymum Malacocarpus fricii, Wigginsia fricii
- Airampoa
- Chaffeyopuntia
- Pseudotephrocactus
- Salmiopuntia
- Subulatopuntia
- Weberiopuntia
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Notable Czech Writers
Gender: Male, Born in: Years 1850 to 1899
Notable Czech Scientists
Gender: Male, Born in: Years 1850 to 1899
Notable Czech Explorers
Gender: Male, Born in: Years 1850 to 1899
Notable Czech Anthropologists
Gender: Male, Born in: Years 1850 to 1899
Notable Czech Photographers
Gender: Male, Born in: Years 1850 to 1899
Notable Czech Botanists
Gender: Male, Born in: Years 1850 to 1899
Notable Czech Children's writers
Gender: Male, Born in: Years 1850 to 1899
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