Franz Elfried Wimmer

Franz Elfried Wimmer (born November 30, 1881 in Niederschrems , † May 2, 1961 in Vienna ) was an Austrian clergyman and botanist . Its official botanical author's abbreviation is " E. Wimm. "; earlier the abbreviation “ Wimmer ” was also in use.

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From 1905 to 1918 Wimmer was professor of natural history at St. George College in Istanbul. From 1918 to 1958 he was a priest in and near Vienna. Wimmer contributed to the work The Plant Kingdom by Adolf Engler, the treatise on "Campanulaceae-Lobelioideae" (1943 to 1953).

Honors

According to him, the plant genera Neowimmeria O.Deg. & I.Deg. and Wimmerella Serra, MBCrespo & Lammers from the bellflower family (Campanulaceae).

Fonts (selection)

New Illustrated Flora of the Hawaiian Islands .

literature

Karl Heinz Rechinger : Franz Elfried Wimmer, 1881–1961 . In: Taxon . tape 10 , no. 8 , October to November, 1961, p. 239-240 .
O. and I. Degener: New Illustrated Flora of the Hawaiian Islands. Book I, 1962, (PDF)

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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 .

Individual evidence

^ ^A ^b ^c Lotte Burkhardt: Directory of eponymic 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 Franz Elfried Wimmer at the IPNI

personal data
SURNAME	Wimmer, Franz Elfried
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Austrian clergyman and botanist
DATE OF BIRTH	November 30, 1881
PLACE OF BIRTH	Niederschrems
DATE OF DEATH	May 2, 1961
Place of death	Vienna

[Burkhardt_2018-1] A ^b ^c Lotte Burkhardt: Directory of eponymic 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 .