Robert Buser
Robert Buser (born October 6, 1857 in Aarau , † March 29, 1931 in Geneva ) was a Swiss botanist . Its official botanical author's abbreviation is " Buser ".
Live and act
Robert Buser studied at the University of Zurich from 1877 . Between 1884 and 1924 he was the curator of the Herbarium de Candolle in Geneva . In 1897, at the age of forty, he married Charlotte Henriette Adèle Testuz. Towards the end of his life he went blind.
One of the main areas of his research was women's coats , many of which he first described . Amongst other things:
- Alchemilla mollis ( soft lady's mantle )
- Alchemilla filicaulis ( thread stem lady's mantle )
- Alchemilla micans ( dainty lady's mantle )
- Alchemilla subcrenata ( blunt-toothed lady's mantle )
- Alchemilla colorata (reddened lady's mantle)
- Alchemilla obscura (Dark Lady's Mantle)
- Alchemilla heteropoda (Lady's mantle unevenly stalked )
In addition to the genus Alchemilla L. , he worked on other critical clans, including those of the genera Potentilla L. , Rosa L. , Androsace L. , Campanula L. and Salix L.
Honor taxon
In honor of the genre was Buseria T.Durand the plant family of the redness plants named (Rubiaceae).
Individual evidence
- ↑ Lotte Burkhardt: Directory of eponymous plant names . Extended Edition. Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin, Free University Berlin Berlin 2018. [1]
Web links
- Author entry and list of the described plant names for Robert Buser at the IPNI
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Buser, Robert |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss botanist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 6, 1857 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Aarau |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 29, 1931 |
| Place of death | Geneva |