Windisch, PG. 2000. On the itineraries of Alfred & Alexander Curt Brade in Costa Rica. Amer. Fern J. 90: 108–109.

Abstract. Alexander Curt Brade stayed in Costa Rica with his brother Alfred, between 1908 and 1910, commercially collecting orchids but also preparing herbarium specimens, specially pteridophytes, which later constituted the "Herbarium Costaricense" of A. C. Brade. Duplicate series were initially distributed by Goldschmidt and later (but still in 1908) by Rosenstock as "Filices Costaricenses Exsiccate", indicating "A. & A. C. Brade" as collectors. Alexander kept intensive correspondence with Rosenstock at least up to 1932. His costarican herbarium had 912 pteridophyte specimens representing 502 species of which 60 were described as new, as well as 27 new varieties and 5 forms. The collection is now part of the Herbarium Bradeanum-HB (Rio de Janeiro). Markgraf (Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 93(1): 1-8. 1973) in his biography of A. C. Brade included some facts about his stay in Costa Rica and a general itinerary map. Complementing this information, their field trips during that period and some major events are here presented in more detail. 1908: February 22, A. C. Brade arrives at Puerto Limón. February 23, train trip to San José. March 4, Tablazo; 17, La Palma; 26, idem. April 10, Carpintera; 25, idem. June 10-14, Farm of Mr. Zent (11, farm in Chirripó; 12, Barmouth Farm-Atlantic coastal region). July 1, Tablazo; s.d., Guadalupe (Finca de los Padres); 25, Cartago. August 1, La Palma; 4, Candelaria; 11, Granadilla; 28, Tablazo. September 8, Irazu; 17, Tablazo; s.d., Carpintera; s.d., Candelaria. October s.d., La Palma. November s.d., Tablazo; 25, Carpintera. December 2, La Palma; 9, San Domingo; 14, La Verbena; 21-23, Tablazo (Finca Haberl.). 1909: January 14, Río-Grande; 21-23, Volcán Barva. February 1-27, trip to Guanacaste (Orotina, Finca Schild-Burgdorf, Esparta, río Barranca, Puntarenas, Pitahaja, Isla de Chira, río Tempisque, Bebedero, Mojica, Miravalles, Aguas Calientes, Mocote). March 5, La Palma; 12, Candelaria; 20, La Palma. April 7, Candelaria; s.d., Barva-Poás; May s.d., Orotina; s.d., Finca Schild-Burgdorf (río Surubres); s.d., Cartago. June 16-22, Carrillo (La Palma, Hondura). July 20, Tablazo. August 5-8, Turrialba; 18, La Palma; 28, Tablazo. September 2-22, Finca of the brothers Hundriesser in the Atlantic coastal region, between the rivers Reventazón and Parasmina). October and November: sick. December 4, Carpintera; 17, Candelaria. 1910: January s.d., Turrialba; 20, Finca Schild-Burgdorf (río Surubres). February 9, Finca Schild-Burgdorf (río Surubres); 10-13, Cerro Turrubares; 26, Granadilla. March 5, La Verbena; 11, Candelaria; 17, La Palma; 28-31, Juan Viñas, región of the río Chis; April s.d., Turrialba [14? eruption of Volcán Poás]; 16, Cartago; 22, San Jerónimo de Grecia (región of Zisma, Poás); 25-May 7, trip to Llanuras de San Carlos (Naranjo, Zarcero, Buena Vista, Finca Koschny). April (see above). May 1-7, conclusion of trip to Llanuras de San Carlos [7, catastrophic earthquake destroys Cartago]; 10, Cartago, Aguacaliente. June 2, Tablazo; 12, Turrialba; 22, La Palma. July s.d., Guácimo; s.d., Finca de los Padres. August 21, departure from Puerto Limón.

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