Biography

Johan Albert Constantin Loefgren, Swedish-born Brazilian naturalist (Stockholm 11 September 1854 – Rio de Janeiro 30 August 1918)

DESCRIBED VALID SPECIES

Plantae

Acianthera cryptophoranthoides 1918

Anathallis adenochila 1918

Anathallis simpliciglossa 1918

Anathallis tigridens 1918

Begonia juliana

Brasiliorchis barbosae 1918

Pleurothallis atroglossa 1918

Pleurothallis glandulifera 1915

Pleurothallis leucosepala 1918

Pleurothallis magnicalcarata 1918

Rhipsalis campos-portoana 1918

Rhipsalis chrysantha 1915

Rhipsalis chrysocarpa 1915

Rhipsalis crispimarginata 1918

Rhipsalis densiareolata 1918

Rhipsalis oblonga 1918

Rhipsalis pacheco-leonis 1918

Rhipsalis pilocarpa 1903

Rhipsalis pulchra 1915

Rhipsalis rigida 1915

Schlumbergera candida 1918

Schlumbergera opuntioides 1903 with Dusén

Zygocactus obtusangulus 1918

Algae

Staurastrum psilosporum 1883 with Nordstedt (Charophyta)

HONORS

Loefgrenia Gomont 1896 (Cyanophyceae)

Loefgrenianthus Hoehne 1927 (Orchidaceae)

Loefgrenia Travassos 1920 (Nematoda)