Karl Gustav Lim speaks
Karl Gustav Limpricht (born July 11, 1834 in Eckersdorf bei Sagan , today Poland, † October 20, 1902 in Breslau ) was a Neumark , Prussian , German botanist and bryologist . Its official botanical author abbreviation is “ Limpr. ".
Limpricht was a teacher in Obergläserdorf near Lüben (1856-1858), in Bunzlau (1858-1869) and Breslau (from 1869).
Honors
Leopold Loeske named the genus Limprichtia of the Amblystegiaceae plant family after him . The journal for moss research in Germany Limprichtia is also named after him.
Works
- Bryotheca Silesiaca (German: Schlesiens Laubmoose), (Breslau, Verlag JU Kern 1876)
- The mosses of Germany, Austria and Switzerland . In: L. Rabenhorst: Cryptogam flora of Germany, Austria and Switzerland . IV / 2. - Leipzig: Eduard Kummer, 1890, 2nd edition 1895
proof
- Jan-Peter Frahm: Limpricht, Karl Gustav (1834–1902) . In: Bryological newsletters . No. 18, 1994, p. 3 ( PDF ).
Web links
- Author entry and list of the plant names described for Karl Gustav Limpricht at the IPNI
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Limpricht, Karl Gustav |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Botanist and Bryologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 11, 1834 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Eckersdorf near Sagan |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 20, 1902 |
| Place of death | Wroclaw |