Ernst Friedrich Gilg
Ernst Friedrich Gilg (born January 12, 1867 in Obereggenen near Schliengen , Baden, † October 11, 1933 in Berlin ) was a German botanist . Its official botanical author's abbreviation is " Gilg ". His wife Charlotte Gilg-Benedict (1872–1936) was also a botanist.
Live and act
Gilg was curator at the Botanical Museum Berlin . Together with Adolf Engler , he was the editor of the 9th and 10th editions of Syllabus of Plant Families (1921). Together with J. Perkins, he wrote the chapter "Monimiaceae" for the work The Plant Kingdom by Engler. For the work The Natural Plant Families by Engler and Carl Prantl , he worked on numerous plant families.
Ernst Friedrich Gilg died in Berlin in 1933 at the age of 66 and was buried in the Dahlem forest cemetery. The grave has not been preserved.
Honors
The genera Gilgiochloa Pilg were named in his honor . from the plant family of the sweet grasses (Poaceae), Gilgia Pax from the family of Hundsgiftgewächse (Apocynaceae) and Gilgiodaphne Domke from the family of Thymelaeaceae named (Thymelaeaceae).
Works (selection)
- Textbook of pharmacognosy: with 344 illus. Springer, Berlin 1905 ( digitized version )
- Pharmaceutical product knowledge , 4th edition 1911
- Basics of botany for pharmacists , 6th edition 1921
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Textbook of Pharmacognosy , 3rd edition 1922
- 1st edition - Berlin: Springer, 1905
- 2nd edition - Berlin: Springer, 1910. Digitized edition of the University and State Library in Düsseldorf
- with Paul Norbert Schürhoff: From the realm of drugs. Historical, cultural and botanical considerations about more important drugs. Dresden 1926.
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- 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 . P. 676 b ( Gilg ).
Web links
- Literature by and about Ernst Friedrich Gilg in the catalog of the German National Library
- Author entry and list of the plant names described for Ernst Friedrich Gilg at the IPNI
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Lotte Burkhardt: Directory of eponymic plant names . Extended Edition. Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin, Free University Berlin Berlin 2018. [1]
- ^ Hans-Jürgen Mende: Lexicon of Berlin burial places . Pharus-Plan, Berlin 2018, ISBN 978-3-86514-206-1 , p. 580.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Gilg, Ernst Friedrich |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German botanist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 12, 1867 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Obereggenen near Schliengen , Baden |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 11, 1933 |
| Place of death | Berlin |