Robert Pilger (botanist)

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Robert Knud Friedrich Pilger (born July 3, 1876 on Heligoland , † January 9, 1953 in Berlin ) was a German botanist . Its botanical author abbreviation is “ Pilg. ".

Life

Pilger, son of the pharmacist Friedrich Wilhelm Robert Pilger (1841–1915), was first assistant, then curator, later professor and director of the Botanical Garden in Berlin, succeeding Friedrich Ludwig Emil Diels . He headed it after the Second World War from 1945 to 1950. He also undertook a collecting and research trip to the Mato Grosso area in Brazil, dealing intensively with the systematics and morphology of sweet grasses, plantains, cycads, conifers and marine algae. For the plant The plant kingdom of Adolf Engler he wore in 1903 " Taxaceae at" 1937 " Plantaginaceae ". To Engler together with Carl Prantl out a given work The natural plant families he steered for the second edition several sections at: 1925 " caryocaraceae , Bixaceae , Cochlospermaceae " 1926 " gymnosperms , Cycadaceae , ginkgoaceae , Coniferae , Taxaceae, Podocarpaceae , Araucariaceae , Cephalotaxaceae , Pinaceae , Taxodiaceae , Cupressaceae "1930" Mayacaceae , thurniaceae , rapateaceae , Phylidraceae "1935" Santalaceae "1940" Gramineae- Panicoideae "and 1956" Gramineae- Micrairoideae , Eragrostioideae , Oryzoideae , Olyroideae ".

His grave is located in the Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Cemetery in Berlin.

Honors

The plant genera Pilgerochloa Eig from the sweet grass family (Poaceae), Pilgerina Z.S. Rogers , Nickrent & Malécot from the sandalwood family (Santalaceae) and Pilgerodendron Florin from the cypress family (Cupressaceae) have been named in his honor. Also the algae genus Pilgeria Schmidle and the mushroom genus Pilgeriella Henn. have been named after him.

Works

  • About branching and inflorescence formation in woody plants . In: Bibliotheca botanica . tape 23 , 1922.

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  • Robert Zander : Zander concise dictionary of plant names . Ed .: Fritz Encke , Günther Buchheim, Siegmund Seybold . 13th, revised and expanded edition. Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart 1984, ISBN 3-8001-5042-5 .
  • Umberto Quattrocchi: CRC World Dictionary of Plant Names. Common names, scientific names, eponyms, synonyms, an etymology. CRC Press LCC, Boca Raton 2000; Pp. 2070-2071. ( Google Books )

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Lotte Burkhardt: Directory of eponymic 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 .

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personal data
SURNAME Pilgrim, Robert
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Pilgrim, Robert Knud Friedrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German botanist
DATE OF BIRTH July 3, 1876
PLACE OF BIRTH Heligoland
DATE OF DEATH January 9, 1953
Place of death Berlin