Paul Falkenberg
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Paul Falkenberg - German
botanist; Professor of botany and Director of Botanical Garden Rostock
; known for his works in anatomy and morphology of plants (“Vergleichende Untersuchungen der Vegetationsorgane der Monocotyledonen”, Stuttgart, 1876), also, on the algae. Falkenberg dedicated much on the study to the most extensive and most difficult group red algae
Rhodomelaceae (“Rhodomelaceae” in Engler
und Prantl's Die natürlichen Pflanzenfamilien, Leipzig
., 1897).
Germany
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botanist; Professor of botany and Director of Botanical Garden Rostock
Rostock
Rostock -Early history:In the 11th century Polabian Slavs founded a settlement at the Warnow river called Roztoc ; the name Rostock is derived from that designation. The Danish king Valdemar I set the town aflame in 1161.Afterwards the place was settled by German traders...
; known for his works in anatomy and morphology of plants (“Vergleichende Untersuchungen der Vegetationsorgane der Monocotyledonen”, Stuttgart, 1876), also, on the algae. Falkenberg dedicated much on the study to the most extensive and most difficult group red algae
Red algae
The red algae are one of the oldest groups of eukaryotic algae, and also one of the largest, with about 5,000–6,000 species of mostly multicellular, marine algae, including many notable seaweeds...
Rhodomelaceae (“Rhodomelaceae” in Engler
Adolf Engler
Heinrich Gustav Adolf Engler was a German botanist. He is notable for his work on plant taxonomy and phytogeography, like Die Natürlichen Pflanzenfamilien , edited with Karl A. E...
und Prantl's Die natürlichen Pflanzenfamilien, Leipzig
Leipzig
Leipzig Leipzig has always been a trade city, situated during the time of the Holy Roman Empire at the intersection of the Via Regia and Via Imperii, two important trade routes. At one time, Leipzig was one of the major European centres of learning and culture in fields such as music and publishing...
., 1897).
Works
- Falkenberg, P. 1876: "Vergleichende Untersuchungen über den Bau der Vegetationsorgane der Monocotyledonen." Ferdinand Enke, Stuttgart. pp. 220.
- Falkenberg, P., 1881. Die Algen im weitesten Sinne. In: A. Schenk - Handbuch der Botanik. 23. Lieferung. pp. 159–302, 25 figs. Encyklopaedie der Naturwissenschaften. Erste Abtheilung. Band 2 (1882). Eduard Trewendt, Breslau. XI + 696 pp., 96 figs. [Characeen pp. 240–248, fig. 13]
- Schmitz, Fr., and Falkenberg, P. (1897). Rhodomelaceae. In Die Natürlichen Pflanzenfamilien. 1(2). (Eds A. Engler and K.Prantl.) pp. 421–480.