Abstract
The itinerary of W. H. Camp and his assistants in Ecuador has been reconstructed from fieldbooks deposited in the archives of the library at The New York Botanical Garden. The visited localities are listed according to collection numbers, an alphabetical list of the localities with geographical coordinates or best approximation is provided, and a map is presented showing the area where most numbers were collected.
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Balslev, H., Joyal, E. Plant collectors in Ecuador: Camp, Prieto, JØrgensen and Giler. Brittonia 32, 437–450 (1980). https://doi.org/10.2307/2806148
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