Alfred Ludwig (botanist)

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Alfred Ludwig (* 12. May 1879 in Potsdam , † 21st August 1964 in Siegen ) was a German teacher and botanist . Its official botanical author's abbreviation is “ A.Ludw. ".

Life

Ludwig passed his matriculation examination at the Viktoriagymnasium in Potsdam in 1897 and began studying in Königsberg in 1898 after a year as a volunteer in the military . After just one semester, he moved to Strasbourg and studied natural science, especially chemistry and botany , where he received his doctorate in 1905 with a biochemical dissertation.

In Strasbourg, Prof. Dr. Count Solms-Laubach among his botanical teachers. His botanical interests included the genus Chenopodium ; initially Josef Murr supported him by determining forms that were difficult to interpret, later Ludwig came through his own cultural experiments to taxonomic views of Chenopodium that opposed those of Murr.

On November 9, 1906, Ludwig passed the state examination for teaching at secondary schools in biology, chemistry and physics in Strasbourg. After a station in Strasbourg, he continued his educational career from 1907 at the secondary school in Forbach (Lorraine) .

In 1908 he married Maria Aeukens, whom he had met in 1902 during a stay on Heligoland . The marriage had two children, Friedrich and Helga. After the First World War , in which Alfred Ludwig served as a soldier, the family was expelled from Alsace-Lorraine on January 10, 1919 .

Ludwig settled in Siegen and became a teacher at the high school for boys. His son died in World War II in 1939 , his wife died in 1951. He retired in 1947.

His botanical explorations led him from the Siegerland proper, which is relatively poor in species, to the botanically richer neighboring areas.

In addition to the vascular flora, he also included parasitic phenomena on plants in his investigations. Ludwig discovered several dozen previously unknown types of mushroom ; He left the new descriptions to specialists.

The results of his botanical curiosity led to Ludwig's Flora des Siegerland , published in 1952 , which documents not only the vascular flora but also parasitic fungi, galls and mines in great detail . Herbarium specimens collected by Ludwig are located in Berlin (Herbarium Code: B) and Breslau (WRSL) , among others .

literature

  • Albert Schumacher: "Dr. Alfred Ludwig, * May 12, 1879 in Potsdam, † August 21, 1964 in Siegen." Decheniana 118, 1967: 119-124.
  • Jan-Peter Frahm & Jens Eggers: "Lexicon of German-speaking bryologists [revision]." 672 pages. Bonn 2001 (self-published by J.-P. Frahm, Book-on-demand).
  • Stefan Dressler & Rainer Döring (2015): "Index collectorum herbarii Senckenbergiani (FR). Updated: March 26, 2015." Online document

Web links

 Wikispecies: Alfred Ludwig  - Species Directory

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Schumacher 1967, p. 120
  2. ↑ a b c Schumacher 1967, p. 121
  3. ↑ Frahm & Eggers 2001, p. 298
  4. ↑ Schumacher 1967, p. 122
  5. ↑ Entry in the HUH Index of Botanists: https://kiki.huh.harvard.edu/databases/botanist_search.php?mode=details&id=18412


personal data
SURNAME Ludwig, Alfred
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German botanist
DATE OF BIRTH May 12, 1879
PLACE OF BIRTH Potsdam
DATE OF DEATH August 21, 1964
Place of death Wins