Charles Meylan (botanist)
Charles Meylan (born June 23, 1868 in Le Brassus , Switzerland ; † June 3, 1941 in Sainte-Croix , Switzerland) was a Swiss mycologist , lichenologist and bryologist .
From 1888 to 1926 he was a teacher in La Chaux, a town in the commune of Sainte-Croix in the canton of Vaud . In 1922 Meylan received an honorary doctorate from the University of Lausanne . Its botanical author abbreviation is “ Meyl. ".
Meylan's main interest was mosses , he is the author of the first and only “ Liverwort flora in Switzerland” (1924). He examined the moss flora of the Swiss National Park particularly intensively . His herbarium, containing several thousand specimens, is now in the Cantonal Botanical Museum in Lausanne.
Meylania , a journal for bryology and lichenology , was named after Meylan .
Works
- First description of the genus " Diacheopsis ", a genus of slime molds from the Stemonitidae family (1930)
Web links
- Charles Meylan on "Moss flora of Switzerland"
- Meylan, Charles on Tropicos.org. Missouri Botanical Garden (with list of described moss species). Retrieved May 16, 2016
Individual evidence
- ↑ History of bryology in Switzerland ( Memento of the original from June 5, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Meylan, Charles |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss mycologist, lichenologist and bryologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 23, 1868 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Le Brassus , Switzerland |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 3, 1941 |
| Place of death | Sainte-Croix , Switzerland |