Gustav Lindau
Gustav Lindau (born May 2, 1866 in Dessau , † October 10, 1923 in Berlin ) was a German mycologist and botanist . Its official botanical author's abbreviation is " Lindau ".
Live and act
Gustav Lindau began his natural history studies in Heidelberg and later Berlin , where he became a student of Simon Schwendener (1829-1919). In 1888 he received his doctorate with a thesis on the apothecia of lichen . In 1890 he became director of the Botanical Garden in Münster and assistant to Julius Oscar Brefeld (1839-1925).
From 1892 he worked as an assistant in the botanical garden in Berlin. In 1894 he completed his habilitation and became a private lecturer in philosophy. Finally in 1902 he was appointed professor.
Gustav Lindau is first described the genus Eidamia Lindau in 1904 from the department of hose mushrooms , which he in 1904 in honor of the botanist and mycologist Eduard Eidam named.
Honors
In his honor, the genus Lindauea Rendle of the plant family of the Acanthus family (Acanthaceae) was named.
Works (selection)
- Gustav Lindau and Paul Sydow Thesaurus litteraturae mycologicae et lichenologicae . (1908–1917, 5 volumes)
- Gustav Lindau: Cryptogam flora for beginners . (1911–1914, 6 volumes)
literature
- Heinrich Dörfelt (Ed.): Lexicon of mycology . Gustav Fischer Verlag, Stuttgart, New York, 1989. ISBN 3-437-20413-0
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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 Lotte Burkhardt: Directory of eponymic plant names . Extended Edition. Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin, Free University Berlin Berlin 2018. [1]
Web links
- Literature by and about Gustav Lindau in the catalog of the German National Library
- Author entry and list of the described plant names for Gustav Lindau at the IPNI
- Entry in the Illinois Mycological Association ( Memento of October 7, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Lindau, Gustav |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German mycologist and botanist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 2, 1866 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Dessau |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 10, 1923 |
| Place of death | Berlin |