Maria Gugelberg von Moos
Maria Barbara Flandrina Gugelberg von Moos (born February 6, 1836 in Maienfeld , † October 29, 1918 there ) was a Swiss botanist and flower artist.
She was born at Salenegg Castle . She developed an interest in natural history and later botany at an early age. Only in middle age did she begin to systematically collect and study plants. Your botanical author abbreviation is " Gugelb. ".
Her most important work was the study of mosses and liverworts ; she discovered 74 new species in Graubünden and other cantons in Switzerland. She worked with the botanist Christian Georg Brügger and created detailed illustrations of his hybrids . Some of her illustrations of primroses, houseleek, and saxifrage were considered particularly valuable.
Gugelberg von Moos was the first woman to be accepted as a corresponding member of the Natural Research Society of Graubünden for her contributions to botany .
Web links
- Peter Conradin von Planta: Gugelberg von Moos, Maria Barbara. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
- Gugelberg von Moos, Maria Barbara Flandrina from at Tropicos.org. Missouri Botanical Garden (with list of described moss species). Retrieved June 29, 2015
Individual evidence
- ^ A b Mary RS Creese: Ladies in the Laboratory 2 . Scarecrow Press, Oxford, UK 2004, ISBN 978-0-8108-4979-2 , p. 183, LCCN 2003-020846 .
- ^ Author entry for Maria Barbara Flandrina von Gugelberg von Moos at the IPNI
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Gugelberg von Moos, Maria |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Gugelberg von Moos, Maria Barbara Flandrina von; Gugelb. (botanical author abbreviation) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss botanist and flower artist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 6, 1836 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Maienfeld |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 29, 1918 |
| Place of death | Maienfeld |