Notocactus field collector acronyms

Not much here yet, sorry !!
This is an incomplete list of acronyms and short description of those people who we all owe our greatest debt. I have only included information on those people who have collected Notocacti.

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Ralph Martin has a field collector Acronym Database and Field Number Database on his home page.

AA -- Alexander Arzberger [List]
AG -- Antonio Gutierrez
AH -- Andreas Hofacker [List]
AN -- Ari Delmo Nilson
CJT -- Sjef Theunissen
This acronym is given to plants of unknown origin or hybrids that have originated in Sjef Theunissen's collection.
CKL -- Unknown
This acronym is given to plants of unknown origin or hybrids that have originated in ???'s collection.
DV -- Dirk Jan Van Vliet [List]
FS -- Francisco Stockinger [List]
FR -- Friedrich Ritter [List]
Made collections in most South American countries. Introduced many new species.
GF -- Norbert Gerloff [List]
H -- Konrad Herm [List]
HK -- H. Kuenzler
HR -- Heinz Ruoff [List]
HU -- Leopoldo Horst & Werner Uebelmann [List]
Uebelmann is a Swiss nurseryman who distributed material supplied by Horst.
JL -- J. Lambert
Belgian.
KH -- Knutti and Hefti
Swiss
KPR -- Karl Heinz Prestlé [List]
This acronym is used for plants distributed under "false" SCHL numbers. Also see PR
KRZ -- Kreuzinger
KZ -- Karel Knize [List]
L
Lau -- Alfred B. Lau
Collects seed to finance his missionary work. Only one of the L numbers is of a Notocactus -- LAU 502 N. submammilatus, from Anacasti, Argentina.
LB -- Ludwig Bercht [List]
Dutch collector.
MGH -- Marino G. Hamester [List]
MN -- Mats Winberg
Home Page: http://www.algonet.se/~succseed
MR -- *****************
N -- Ari Delmo Nilson
P -- Polz
P -- Jörg Piltz [List]
PR -- Karl Heinz Prestlé [List]
Made collections in Uruguay and Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.
R -- Walter Rausch [List]
Made collections in Argentina and Uruguay.
RH -- Ralf Hillmann [List]
Switzerland
RWB -- Rudi W. Büneker
Made collections in Brazil.
S -- Hugo Selmar Schlosser
SCHL -- Hugo Selmar Schlosser [List]
Used to live in Uruguay. S was not used by Schlosser himself, though used by some nurseries.
STO -- Amerhouse, Strigl, & Till [List]
WA -- Eddie Waras
Made collections in Brazil.
WG -- Wolfgang Gemmrich [List]
Collections of mainly Notocacti in southern Brazil, c. 1994.
WO -- Wilhelma Knoll
WRA -- Wolf-Rainer Abraham [List]
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