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Robert (Louis) Dressler (born 1927, died October 15, 2019, in Paraíso, Costa Rica) was an American botanist specialist of the taxonomy of the Orchidaceae.

He graduated from the University of Southern California and Harvard University.

In 1977, botanist Hans Wiehler published Reldia, which is a genus of plants from South America in the family Gesneriaceae, with the name honouring Robert Louis Dressler.

The standard author abbreviation Dressler is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.

References

  1. El mundo pierde a uno de los grandes botánicos que dejó su huella en Costa Rica
  2. "Dressler, Robert Louis (1927-)".
  3. "Reldia Wiehler | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 20 January 2022.
  4. International Plant Names Index.  Dressler.

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