Klaus Werner (botanist)

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Klaus Werner (born November 19, 1928 in Landeshut , Silesia ; † April 12, 2013 in Halle (Saale) ) was a German botanist . His specialties were geobotany and systematics (biology) . Its botanical author abbreviation is " K.Werner ".

Life

Klaus Werner's father was a print shop owner and newspaper publisher. After the 4th grade of high school he served in the heavy flak as an air force helper , initially in Berlin at the age of 15 and later in Upper Silesia . On January 22, 1945 he was injured in both legs by shrapnel and stayed in the hospital in the Wittekind School in Halle until February 26, 1946. He finished school in 1946 at the Francke Foundations in Halle, initially without a degree. Therefore, he was denied access to the course.

In 1958 Werner married the agricultural-technical assistant Irene Telle. Irene and Klaus Werner had three children. In 1958 Werner was supposed to be dismissed from the civil service because of statements hostile to the state, but after intervention by Hermann Meusel he was confirmed as a research assistant at the University of Halle on September 1, 1959.

Create

Until 1951 he held a position as a technical assistant at the Institute for Crop Plant Research in Gatersleben . The institute of the Kaiser Wilhelm Society founded by Hans Stubbe in Vienna was re-established there. In May 1947, with the approval of Hans Stubbe, Klaus Werner was admitted to the pre-semester at Halle University , passed the Abitur in August 1948 and began studying biology. Even at the beginning of his studies, he worked as an assistant to the lecturer Werner Rothmaler in lectures, identification exercises and excursions.

Werner wrote his diploma thesis with Hermann Meusel under the title Die Wuchsformen der Genus Isoplexis Lindl. ex Benth. 1954 in Halle. He received half a position at the Institute for Systematics and Plant Geography and devoted himself to the valuable herbarium . It was in poor condition, the approx. 50,000 cryptogams were disordered, the approx. 170,000 sheets largely disordered. In recognition of his work, Werner was named a research assistant at the institute. In his second report on the herbarium in 1988, he put the number at 420,000 copies.

His dissertation on the subject of growth form and distribution as the basis of the taxonomic structure of Digitalis L. was carried out in 1961 at the University of Halle. It forms the basis for knowledge about thimbles and was confirmed in 2003 by molecular taxonomic studies of the DNA , mainly by Günther Heubl . From 1961 Werner dealt with taxonomic processing of the genus Carlina . In 1968 he received a quarterly scholarship to stay at Royal Botanic Gardens (Kew) and Edinburgh , where he worked on the genus Cirsium . At home he continued the work for the " Flora Europaea ". In 1969 he was appointed custodian of the herbarium and edited volumes 2 to 4 of the " Exkursionsflora von Deutschland" founded by Rothmaler .

In addition to scientific studies, botanical identification exercises and excursion support have been the focus of his interest for over 30 years. In 1989 Werner became a disability pensioner, but looked after the herbarium until he retired on December 1, 1993, and was succeeded by Uwe Braun . In retirement, Werner especially improved the “excursion flora”.

Publications

  • K. Werner: The herbarium of the botanical institutions of the Martin Luther University HalleWittenberg. In: Scientific journal of the University of Halle, Math.-Nat. Row 4, 1955, pp. 775-778.
  • K. Werner: On the nomenclature and taxonomy of Digitalis L. In: Botanical yearbooks for systematics, plant history and plant geography 79, 1960, pp. 218-254.
  • H. Meusel, K. Werner: About the structure of Carlina acaulis L. and Carlina vulgaris L. In: Scientific journal of the University of Halle, Math.-Nat. Series 11, 1962, pp. 279-292.
  • K. Werner: The cultivated Digitalis species. In: Die Kulturpflanze , Beiheft 3, 1962, pp. 167-182.
  • H. Meusel, K. Werner: Carlina. In: W. Rothmaler: Excursion flora from Germany. Vol. 4, Critical Supplementary Volume. 1st edition, Berlin 1963, to 8th edition Jena, Stuttgart 1994.
  • K. Werner: The distribution of the digitalis species. In: Scientific journal of the University of Halle, Math.-Nat. Series 13, 1964, pp. 453-486.
  • K. Werner: Brief instructions for creating a herbarium. In: Arbeitsgemeinschaft Mitteldeutscher Floristen. Hall 1964.
  • K. Werner: Taxonomy and phylogeny of the genera Isoplexis (Lindl.) Benth. and Digitalis L. In: Feddes Repertorium 70, 1965, pp. 109-135.
  • K. Werner: The growth forms of the genera Isoplexis (Lindl.) Benth. and Digitalis L. In: Botanical Yearbooks for Systematics, Plant History and Plant Geography 85, 1966, pp. 88–149.
  • K. Werner: Cirsium. In: VH Heywood (Ed.): Not. Syst. Fl. Europ. n. 16. Bot. Journal of the Linnean Society, Botany 70, 1975, pp. 18-19.
  • K. Werner: Cirsium, Picnomon, Notobasis, Ptilostemon, Lamyropsis. In: TG Tutin et al. (Ed.): Flora Europaea. Vol. 4, Cambridge 1976, pp. 232-244.
  • W. Hilbig, K. Werner: To the flora of the southern part of the NSG "Ostufer der Müritz". In: Scientific journal of the University of Halle, Math.-Nat. Row 26, 1977, pp. 121-146.
  • K. Werner: Instructions for creating a herbarium. In: Communications on floristic mapping, Hall 3, 1978, pp. 4–13.
  • F. Ebel, K. Werner: About growth form, development and annual rhythm of Aetheorhiza bulbosa. In: Flora 167, 1978, pp. 283-288.
  • H. Meusel, K. Werner: Cucubalus, Silene, Lychnis, Agrostemma. In: G. Hegi (Ed.): Illustrated flora of Central Europe. 2nd ed. Vol. III / 2, pp. 1038-1182. Berlin, Hamburg 1978–1979.
  • K. Werner: On the typification of Carex rosea Schkuhr ex Willd. In: Taxon 29, 1980, pp. 685-687.
  • F. Ebel, F. Kümmel, K. Werner: Notes on the lifespan of some Macaronesian and Mediterranean plant species. In: Scientific journal of the University of Halle, Math.-Nat. Series 31, 1982, pp. 53-60.
  • F. Ebel, K. Werner: Growth form and rhythm of some perennials of the Canary laurel forest. In: Flora 172, 1982, pp. 193-210.
  • K. Werner: Chamisso as a botanist. Critical Notes on a Book. In: Flora 178, 1986, pp. 203-207.
  • K. Werner: On the history of the herbarium of the Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg with comments on some collectors. In: Hercynia, NF 25, 1988, pp. 11-26.
  • K. Werner: Viola kitaibeliana Schultes on the threshold castle near Erfurt - a new find for the GDR. In: Hercynia, NF 25, 1988, pp. 124-125.
  • K. Werner, F. Ebel: On the life history of the genus Helleborus L. In: Flora 189, 1994, pp. 97-130.
  • K. Werner: Collaboration in: Meusel, H. & Kästner, A. (Ed.): Life history of gold and silver thistles. Monograph of the Mediterranean-Central European composites genus Carlina. Vol. 2, Vienna 1994.
  • K: Werner: Identification key. In: A. Kästner, EJ Jäger, R. Schubert: Handbook of the Segetal Plants of Central Europe. Pp. 28-70. Vienna, New York 2001.
  • K. Werner: On the nomenclature of some species and subspecies. Comments on the revision of the excursion flora of Germany , Volume 4 (critical volume). 3. Schlechtendalia 8, 2002, pp. 1-13.
  • Klaus Werner: Comments on the revision of the excursion flora of Germany, Volume 4 (critical volume) 3. On the nomenclature of some species and subspecies. In: Schlechtendalia 8, 2013, pp. 1–13.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Eckehart J. Jäger: Dr. Klaus Werner on his 75th birthday. (PDF) In: Schlechtendalia 12, 2004, pp. 3–8.
  2. ↑ Uwe Braun: Dr. Klaus Werner (born November 19, 1928, † April 12, 2013) - a personal necrology. (PDF) In: Schlechtendalia 25, 2013, pp. 77–80.
  3. ↑ K. Werner: The Herbarium of the Botanical Institutions of the Martin Luther University HalleWittenberg. In: Scientific journal of the University of Halle, Math.-Nat. Row 4, 1955, pp. 775-778.
  4. ↑ K. Werner: On the history of the herbarium of the Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg with comments on some collectors. In: Hercynia, NF 25, 1988, pp. 11-26.

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personal data
SURNAME Werner, Klaus
ALTERNATIVE NAMES K.Werner (botanical author abbreviation)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German botanist
DATE OF BIRTH November 19, 1928
PLACE OF BIRTH State hat , Silesia
DATE OF DEATH April 12th, 2013
Place of death Halle (Saale)