Taphrospilus
Well-known member
Lophotibis cristata urschi Lavauden, 1929 OD here
The Eponym Dictionary of Birds claims:
The Key to Scientific Names
Found as well the plant:
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Is it this guy here Eugène Alphonse Ursch? At least the closest I could find in filae with a birth around 1882. Till now I failed to find where he was born and where he died.
The Eponym Dictionary of Birds claims:
Madagascar Ibis ssp. Lophotibis cristata urschi Lavauden, 1929
Eugène Ursch (1882–1962) was a French botanist and orchid collector on Madagascar, Director of the Zoological and Botanical Gardens at Tsimbazaza.
The Key to Scientific Names
Eugène Ursch (1882-1962) French botanist, orchid collector on Madagascar (subsp. Lophotibis cristata).
Found as well the plant:
Angraecum urschianum
Species dedicated to Eugène Ursch (1882-1962) former director ofthe botanical and zoological park of Tsimbazaza at Antanarivo.
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Ursch, Eugène French. b. 1882. d. 1962. Garde forestier (1928); then Inspecteur, Service Forestier, Madagascar; stationed (1930s ?) at Analamazaotra, Madagascar; responsible (1940s?) for the zoo and vivarium, Parc de Tsimbazaza, Antananarivo; Dir. (1956), Botanical Gard., I.R.S.M .; Correspondant (1947) , Muséum (Paris) ; Soc . Amis P.B.Z.T. Ref. Bibliographie (1956-63, p . 144) ; Brummitt & Powell (1992); Collectors (1988)
Is it this guy here Eugène Alphonse Ursch? At least the closest I could find in filae with a birth around 1882. Till now I failed to find where he was born and where he died.