Robert Elias Fries

(Klas) Robert Elias Fries (1876cite web
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title =Robert Elias Fries
journal =Taxon
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A collector of plants from 1901 through 1923 in Europe: Sweden; Tropical Africa: Kenya; Tropical South America: Bolivia; Temperate South America: Argentina. He sometimes worked with his father and his brother Thore Christian Elias Fries (1886-1931).

He was part of the Swedish 1901-1902 expedition to Argentina and Bolivia, crossing the desert of Chaco, and the Andes.

Professor Bergianus at the Bergius Foundation in Stockholm and head of its garden, Bergianska trädgården. He published works on mycology, plant geography, and systematics.

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