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### Author
Eggers, Henrik \[Heinrich\] Franz Alexander Baron von (1844-1903), Danish soldier and botanist, resided 1869-1887 in the Danish Antilles.
**Abbreviated name**: *Eggers* \[standard form in IPNI: *Eggers*\]
#### Herbarium and types
[[Collection C|C]], duplicates widely distributed, in part as *Flora indiae occidentalis exsiccata* (ed. 1880-1886), and *Flora Americae tropicae*. The *Flora ind. occ. exs.* nos. 1-1100 were published by Töpffer (1881-1885), some of the later nos. by Rensch. For details see Urban (1902, 1916).
*Ref*.: IH 1 (ed. 6): 358, 2: 178.
- Urban, Symb. ant. 3: 40-43. 1902.
- Urban, Gesch. Berlin-Dahlem 275, 286, 298, 342. 1916.
#### Bibliography and biography
Barnhart 1: 498; BM 2: 513; Bossert p. 113; CSP 9: 780, 12: 215, 14: 790-791; Langman p. 259.
- Warming, Bot. Tidsskr. 12: 237-238. 1881.
- Urban, Symb. ant. 1: 41-46. 1898, 3: 40-43. 1902.
- Christensen, Dan. Bot. Lit. 1: 613-616, 2: 499. 1924.
- Hansen, Bot. Tidsskr. 69(2/3): 208. 1974.
#### Eponymy
*Eggersia* J. D. Hooker (1883).
### Publications
##### n.1631. The flora of St. Croix and the Virgin Islands.
**Title**
*The flora of St. Croix and the Virgin Islands.* Washington (Government Printing Company) 1879. Oct.
**Abbreviated title**: *Fl. St. Croix*.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: 1879 (p. iii: Mai 1879; Nat. Nov. Mar 1880), p. \[i\]-\[iii\], \[1\]-133. *Copy*: NY. – Bull. U.S. National Mus. 13: 1-133. 1879; Smithsonian publication 313, Smithsonian misc. Coll. 23(3). – For a prior review of the St. Croix flora see Eggers 1876; for a supplement Eggers 1889; for an extensive commentary see Urban 1898 who also supplies detailed notes on collections and types.
*Ref*.: BM 2: 513; Jackson p. 404.
- Eggers, Vid. Meddel. naturhist. For. Kjøbenhavn 1876: 33-158, 1889: 11-21.
- Urban, Symb. ant. 1: 41-44. 1898.