Gualterio Looser Schallemberg (September 4, 1898, Santiago – July 22, 1982) was a Chilean botanist and engineer of Swiss parentage.[1] He owned a factory that made agricultural implements.

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In 1928 Looser joined the American Fern Society, and started to publish papers on the pteridophytes of Chile.[2] His herbarium containing ca. 8000 specimens was given to Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques de la Ville de Genève.

Some taxa described by G Looser

• Boldea boldus (=Peumus boldus).
• Cryptocarya alba (Molina) Looser.
• Laureliopsis philippiana (Looser) Schodde as Laurelia.
• Sticherus squamulosus (Desv.) Nakai var. gunckelianus (Looser) R. Rodr. et Ponce as Dicranopteris.

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[ru] Лоосер Сальемберг, Гуальтерио