Bernhard Adalbert Emil Koehne
Bernhard Adalbert Emil Koehne (born February 12, 1848 in Sasterhausen near Striegau , † October 12, 1918 in Berlin ) was a Silesian , Prussian- German botanist and teacher. Its official botanical author's abbreviation is " Koehne ".
life and work
One of his works is the German Dendrology , written in 1893 (Stuttgart, 601 pages). For the plant kingdom of Adolf Engler in 1903 he wrote the "Lythraceae" chapter; For the joint effort The Natural Plant Families by Engler and Carl Prantl , he contributed Chapter 7 “Lythraceae” to Volume III, as well as the chapter of the same name for Volume XIII of the Flora brasiliensis by Karl Friedrich Philipp von Martius .
Honors
In 1892 he was elected a member of the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina .
The plant genera Koehneola Urb. from the sunflower family (Asteraceae), Koehneago Kuntze from the red family (Rubiaceae) and Koehneria S.A. Graham , Tobe & Baas from the loosestrife family (Lythraceae) is named after him.
swell
- 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 .
Web links
- Author entry and list of the plant names described for Bernhard Adalbert Emil Koehne at the IPNI
References and comments
- ^ Member entry of Emil Koehne at the German Academy of Natural Scientists Leopoldina , accessed on November 25, 2015.
- ↑ Lotte Burkhardt: Directory of eponymous plant names . Extended Edition. Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin, Free University Berlin Berlin 2018. [1]
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Koehne, Bernhard Adalbert Emil |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German botanist and teacher |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 12, 1848 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Sasterhausen near Striegau |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 12, 1918 |
| Place of death | Berlin |