Biography

Roberto Vasquez Chavez, Bolivian botanist (Cochabamba 07 December 1941 – Santa Cruz de la Sierra August 2015)

Described about 230 new plant species being most of them orchids

SOME BIBLIOGRAPHY

With R. Lara Rico. Notas acerca del gênero Hippeastrum (Amaryllidaceae) en Bolivia. Fontqueria 56(35), 2015

With D. R. Riera. Aves de Santa Cruz. Vol I (2013)

With P.L. Ibisch & W. Rauh. Illustrated catalogue of the Bromeliaceae of Bolivia (2000)

With P.L. Ibisch. Orquídeas de Bolívia I & II (2000)

With C.H. Dodson. Icones Plantarum Tropicarum. III & IV. Orchids of Bolivia   

With G. Coimbra. Frutas silvestres comestibles de Santa Cruz (1996)

HONORS

Vasqueziella Dodson 1982 (Orchidaceae)