Hans Kugler (botanist)

Hans Kugler (born October 7, 1903 in Eichstätt , † July 28, 1985 in Munich ) was a German botanist.

Life

After attending the Luitpold and Wilhelms Gymnasium (Abitur 1923) in Munich , Kugler studied at the Technical University and the University of Munich , where he did his doctorate under Karl Ritter von Goebel . In 1928/29 he was an assistant with a teaching position with Ernst Küster at the Ludwigs-Universität Gießen ; there he researched the flower ecology of the red - fruited bryan beet . From 1929 he was teacher at St. Benno-Gymnasium in Dresden , from 1937 in Schweinfurt . From 1952 he taught at the Maximiliansgymnasium in Munich .

In addition to his work as a teacher, Kugler did private research on flower-ecological issues, for example the influence of sap marks on flowers on flower visits by insects. In 1953 he became a member of the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina .

Publications (selection)

• Bumblebees as flower visitors. A contribution to experimental flower ecology , in: Results of Biology , Volume 19.1943, pp. 143–323
• Introduction to Flower Ecology , 1955; 2. revised Ed. And T. Blossom Ecology , 1970
• On the pollination of Salvia sclarea L. by wooden bees ( Xylocopa violacea L. ) , in: Österreichische Botanische Zeitschrift , vol. 120. 1972, pp. 77-85
• Article Kny, Leopold and Kölreuter, Joseph Gottlieb , in: Neue Deutsche Biographie , Volume 12, 1980 (online versions: Kny ; Kölreuter )
• The pollination of flowers by the small beetle Oedemera , in: Reports of the German Botanical Society , vol. 97.1984, pp. 383-390

literature

• Karl Mägdefrau , Hans Kugler 1903–1985 , in: Reports of the Bavarian Botanical Society , ISSN  0373-7640 , vol. 57.1986, pp. 187–191 (there also an extensive list of Kugler's publications)

Individual evidence

1. ^ Annual report of the Wilhelmsgymnasium Munich 1922/23