Albert Thellt

Albert Thellung 1914

Albert Thellt (born May 12, 1881 in der Enge in Zurich; † June 26, 1928 in Zurich ) was a Swiss botanist . Its official botanical author abbreviation is “ Thell. »

Live and act

He was an assistant and later a professor in Zurich from 1906 to 1928. He worked on the 3rd and 4th editions of "Flora der Schweiz" by Hans Schinz and Robert Keller , 1909 to 1914 and 1923, respectively.

Honors

The Austrian botanist Otto Stapf named the plant genus Thellia from the sweet grass family (Poaceae) after him. The genus Thelltiella O.E. Schulz from the cruciferous family (Brassicaceae) is also named after him.

Works

• The genus Lepidium (L.) R. Br .: a monographic study . 1906.
• The emergence of the cultivated plants . 1930.
• Flora of Switzerland - excursion flora . 1923.
• Flora of Switzerland - Critical Flora . 1914.
• Collaboration with Gustav Hegi : Illustrierte Flora von Mitteleuropa , 1913–1926
• La flore adventice de Montpellier . 1912.
• With Otto Nägeli: The flora of the Canton of Zurich ... Volume 1, 1905

literature

• Robert Zander : Zander concise dictionary of plant names . Ed .: Fritz Encke , Günther Buchheim, Siegmund Seybold . 13th, revised and expanded edition. Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart 1984, ISBN 3-8001-5042-5 .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Lotte Burkhardt: Directory of eponymic plant names - extended edition. Part I and II. Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin , Freie Universität Berlin , Berlin 2018, ISBN 978-3-946292-26-5 doi: 10.3372 / epolist2018 .
2. ↑ ^{a b} Walter Erhardt among others: The great pikeperch. Encyclopedia of Plant Names . Volume 2, page 2063. Verlag Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart 2008. ISBN 978-3-8001-5406-7

Web links

• Author entry and list of the described plant names for Albert Thellung at the IPNI
• Heinz Balmer : Albert Thellung. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .