Alexander Curt Brade

Persondata
Name	Brade, Alexander Curt
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Short description
Date of birth	1881
Place of birth
Date of death	1971
Place of death

Alexander Curt Brade (1881 - 1971) was a German botanist who specialized in the study of the orchids and ferns of Brazil. Brade also realized an important and early series of collections of the flora of Costa Rica between 1908 and 1910 with his brother Alfred, who lived in San Jose and owned a horticultural business in Europe.

Eponymy

Bradea Standl., a genus in the Rubiaceae family.
Zygostates bradei (Schltr.) Garay, an orchid species.

Selective publications

Brade, A. C. " Herbarium Costaricense"

The standard author abbreviation Brade is used to indicate this individual as the author when citing a botanical name.^[1]

References

^ "Author Query". International Plant Names Index. http://www.ipni.org/ipni/authorsearchpage.do.