Werner Lüdi (botanist)

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Werner Lüdi (born October 11, 1888 in Münsingen , Canton of Bern, † February 29, 1968 in Zollikon ) was a Swiss botanist and university professor. Its botanical author's abbreviation is " Lüdi ".

Live and act

The son of a teacher was a teacher in Mürren from 1908 to 1911 and then studied botany at the University of Bern and the University of Montpellier . In 1917 he was promoted to Dr. phil. nat. and was then a secondary teacher in Bern from 1915 to 1931. From 1927 to 1933 he was a private lecturer in botany at the University of Bern and in 1931 was appointed director of the Rübel Geobotanical Research Institute in Zurich, where he worked until 1958.

Lüdi's research interests were mainly in plant sociology , experimental plant ecology and pollen analysis . He was an expert on alpine vegetation and also dealt scientifically with nature conservation. He was a pioneer in the field of succession research .

Lüdi contributed the «Primulaceae» family to the work Illustrierte Flora von Mitteleuropa by Gustav Hegi for Volume V No. 1. In 1959 he was the editor of the work The Results of the International Plant Geographic Excursion through the Eastern Alps in 1956 , and in 1961 he published The Plant World of Czechoslovakia .

In addition to his academic career, Lüdi was involved in local politics from 1942 to 1954 as a councilor for Zollikon. In 1940 he was elected a member of the Leopoldina .

Fonts

  • The succession of the plant associations. Mitt. Naturforschende Gesellschaft Bern 1919: 1–80. 1919
  • The plant communities of the Lauterbrunnen valley and their succession. Contributions to the geobotanical survey 9: 1–364. Zurich. 1921.
  • The term of association in plant sociology. In: Bibliotheca botanica issue 96, 1928.
  • The methods of succession research in plant sociology. Handbook of biological working methods 11 (5): 527–728. Berlin, Vienna. Ed .: Emil Abderhalden . 1930
  • Contribution to the knowledge of the relationships between vegetation and soil in the eastern Aarmassiv. Reports of the Geobotanical Research Institute Rübel for the year 1933: 41–54. Zurich. 1934
  • The history of the moors of the Sihl valley near Einsiedeln . 1939.
  • The climatic conditions of the Albis area . With B. Stüssi. 1941.
  • Experimental studies on alpine vegetation. Reports of the Swiss Botanical Society 46: 632–681. Bern. 1945
  • Settlement and vegetation development on the young lateral moraines of the Great Aletsch Glacier, with a comparison of the settlement in the run-up to the Rhone Glacier and the Upper Grindelwald Glacier. Report on the Rübel Geobotanical Research Institute in Zurich for 1944: 35–112. Zurich. 1945
  • The forest fire of 1944 in the Aletsch Forest near Brig (Valais). Report on the Rübel Geobotanical Research Institute in Zurich for 1945: 98-106. Zurich. 1946
  • The plant communities of the Schynigeplatte near Interlaken and their relationship to the environment. A comparative ecological study. 1948.
  • The flora of the Aletsch reserve near Brig (Valais). Bulletin Murithienne 67, pp. 122-179. 1950
  • The flora of the Ice Age in the northern foreland of the Swiss Alps. 208 p. Bern 1953.
  • Regeneration of the forest in the Lavinar of Alp La Schera - results. Knowledge Under Switzerland. National Park NF 4 (39): 279-296. Liestal. 1954
  • Observations on the settlement of glacier forelands in the Swiss Alps. Flora 146: 387-407. 1958

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  1. ↑ Robert Zander : Zander hand dictionary of plant names. Edited by Fritz Encke , Günther Buchheim, Siegmund Seybold . 13th, revised and expanded edition. Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart 1984, ISBN 3-8001-5042-5 .
personal data
SURNAME Lüdi, Werner
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss botanist and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH October 11, 1888
PLACE OF BIRTH Münsingen , Canton of Bern
DATE OF DEATH February 29, 1968
Place of death Zollikon