Constantin Georg Alexander Winkler

Constantin Georg Alexander Winkler (left)

Constantin Georg Alexander Winkler (* June 14, 1848 ; † 1900 ), also with the alternative spelling "Konstantin" for the first name and "Winckler" for the surname, was a Baltic German botanist . Its official botanical author's abbreviation is " C.Winkl. "

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Winkler studied in Dorpat from 1867 to 1874, worked in the Botanical Garden in Dorpat from 1874 to 1879 and was the chief botanist at the St. Petersburg Botanical Garden from 1893 to 1900 .

Honor taxon

The plant genus Winklera Regel from the cruciferous family (Brassicaceae) has been named after him.

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

Individual evidence

↑ Lotte Burkhardt: Directory of eponymous 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 .

Web links

Author entry and list of the described plant names for Constantin Georg Alexander Winkler at the IPNI
Baltic Historical Commission (ed.): Entry on Constantin Georg Alexander Winkler. In: BBLD - Baltic Biographical Lexicon digital
Album Academicum of the Imperial University of Dorpat

personal data
SURNAME	Winkler, Constantin Georg Alexander
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Russian botanist
DATE OF BIRTH	June 14, 1848
DATE OF DEATH	1900

[Burkhardt_2018-1] Lotte Burkhardt: Directory of eponymous 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 .