Björn Bergenholtz
(former alias "Calalp")
And while on the subject, of fairly unknown "collectors", how about this eponym:
● the subspecies Euplectes gierowii friederichseni FISCHER & REICHENOW 1884 as "Euplectes Friederichseni" (OD, here), without any dedication whatsoever …
How come it is claimed to commemorate "L. Friederichsen (fl. 1884) German ethnologist, collector" ?
Based on what? From what source? I cannot find it anywhere!? And what did he, if it´s him (?) had to do with this bird? In 1884? How do we know it´s that particular Friederichsen we should be looking for? It was clearly discovered by Fischer himself (same link, page 52).
Couldn´t it be the publisher (and cartographer) "Friederichsen" (of "L. Friederichsen & Co", Hamburg ) who published Fischer´s book Das Massai-Land Ost-Aequatorial-Afrika 1885 (and also worked on and improved Fischer's Original map)?
Or was Mr. Friederichsen participating, if so, as an ethnologist (?) in Fischer's expedition as well?
Anyone with better understanding of German knows?
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● the subspecies Euplectes gierowii friederichseni FISCHER & REICHENOW 1884 as "Euplectes Friederichseni" (OD, here), without any dedication whatsoever …
How come it is claimed to commemorate "L. Friederichsen (fl. 1884) German ethnologist, collector" ?
Based on what? From what source? I cannot find it anywhere!? And what did he, if it´s him (?) had to do with this bird? In 1884? How do we know it´s that particular Friederichsen we should be looking for? It was clearly discovered by Fischer himself (same link, page 52).
Couldn´t it be the publisher (and cartographer) "Friederichsen" (of "L. Friederichsen & Co", Hamburg ) who published Fischer´s book Das Massai-Land Ost-Aequatorial-Afrika 1885 (and also worked on and improved Fischer's Original map)?
Or was Mr. Friederichsen participating, if so, as an ethnologist (?) in Fischer's expedition as well?
Anyone with better understanding of German knows?
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