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> [!example] See also [[Fries, (Klas) Robert Elias (Suppl.)|second entry]] for this author
### Author
Fries, Klas Robert Elias (1876-1966), Swedish botanist, son of Theodor Magnus Fries, grandson of Elias Magnus Fries.
**Abbreviated name**: *R. E. Fr.* \[standard form in IPNI: *R.E.Fr.*\]
#### Herbarium and types
Mainly at [[Collection UPS|UPS]] and [[Collection S|S]], duplicates [[Collection B|B]], [[Collection BR|BR]], [[Collection CORD|CORD]], [[Collection G|G]], [[Collection K|K]], [[Collection US|US]].
#### Bibliography and biography
Barnhart 2: 11; BL 1: 40, 50, 233; BM 2: 625, 6: 347; Bossert p. 134; GR p. 489; KR p. 216-220; LS 9354-9358; Zander ed. 10, p. 661.
- Wittrock, Acta Horti Berg. 3(2): 39. 1903, 3(3): 13, *pl. 111.* 1905 (portr.)
- Moebius, Gesch. Bot. 197. 1937.
- White, The Stapelieae 1: 137. 1937.
- Chardon, Darwiniana 7: 497-503. 1947 (bibl., portr.)
- Rickett, NAF 1(1): 159. 1949.
- Anon., Sv. bot. Tidskr. 51(1): opp. I. 1951 (portr.)
- Anon., Taxon 2: 35. 1953.
- Hedberg, AETFAT Bull. 17: 12-13. 1966.
- Peterson, Taxon 15(3): 128. 1966.
- Anon., Sv. Dagbladet 30 Jan 1966.
- Anon., Proc. Linn. Soc. London (Bot.) 178(1): 89. 1967.
- Buchwald, Friesia 9: 348-354. 1970.
#### Composite works
EP, *Die natürlichen Pflanzenfamilien* ed. 2., *Annonaceae*, 17a \[2\]: \[1\]-\[171\], *figs. 1-40*. 1959.
#### Eponymy
*Robertomyces* Starbäck (1905, also dedicated to Oscar Robert Fries (1840-1908), Swedish mycologist, son of Elias Magnus Fries).