Oskar Eberhard Ulbrich

Oskar Eberhard Ulbrich (in publications often Eberhard Ulbrich ; born September 17, 1879 in Berlin , † November 4, 1952 in Berlin) was a German botanist and mycologist . He was curator and professor at the Botanical Institute and Museum (main mushroom center) of the University of Berlin . His research interests were mushrooms, fern plants and various families of seed plants, particularly the Amaranthaceae and Chenopodiaceae . Its official botanical author's abbreviation is “ Ulbr. "

Honors

As an honor, a plant genus and several plant species were named after Oskar Eberhard Ulbrich:

• Ulbrichia Urb. from the mallow family (Malvaceae)
• Chenopodium ulbrichii eels
• Pieris ulbrichii H.Lév.
• Astragalus ulbrichii Kuntze
• Abutilon ulbrichii Fryxell
• Ranunculus ulbrichii Engl.

Publications (selection)

• The higher mushrooms: Basidiomycetes, excluding the smut and rust fungi. 3. Edition. Springer, Berlin 1928. Reprint: Koeltz, Königstein (Taunus) 1971, ISBN 3-87429-021-2 .
• Botany. Reclam, Leipzig 1920
• Chenopodiaceae . - In: Adolf Engler & Karl Anton Eugen Prantl: The natural plant families , 2nd ed. Volume 16c: pp. 379-584, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1934.

literature

• Eberhard Ulbrich. Obituary. In: Taxon. Vol. 2 (1953), No. 2, pp. 21 f.
• Hans Kumerloeve: Eberhard Ulbrich 1879–1952. In: Sydowia. 8: 1-11 (1954) ( online ).
• Johannes Mildbraed : Eberhard Ulbrich. In: Willdenowia: Messages from the Botanical Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin-Dahlem. Vol. 1 (1957), pp. 154-174.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Lotte Burkhardt: Directory of eponymous plant names - Extended Edition. Part I and II. Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin , Freie Universität Berlin , Berlin 2018, ISBN 978-3-946292-26-5 doi: 10.3372 / epolist2018 .

Web links

• Author entry and list of the plant names described for Oskar Eberhard Ulbrich at the IPNI
• Frans A. Stafleu, Richard S. Cowan: Taxonomic literature - a selective guide to botanical publications and collections with dates, commentaries and types 6, 2nd ed. 1986, pp. 571-578. ISBN 9031307149 Directory of works at BHL .