Robert Knud Friedrich Pilger
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Robert Knud Friedrich Pilger (1876-1953) was a German
botanist, who specialised in the study of conifers
.
The genera Pilgerodendron
Florin
(Cupressaceae
) and Pilgerochloa
Eig
(Poaceae
) are named in his honour.
Selected bibliography
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
botanist, who specialised in the study of conifers
Pinophyta
The conifers, division Pinophyta, also known as division Coniferophyta or Coniferae, are one of 13 or 14 division level taxa within the Kingdom Plantae. Pinophytes are gymnosperms. They are cone-bearing seed plants with vascular tissue; all extant conifers are woody plants, the great majority being...
.
The genera Pilgerodendron
Pilgerodendron
Pilgerodendron is a genus of conifer belonging to the cypress family Cupressaceae. It has only one species, Pilgerodendron uviferum, and is endemic to the Valdivian temperate rain forests and Magellanic subpolar forests of southern Chile and southwestern Argentina. It grows from 40 to 55°S in...
Florin
Florin
Florin derives from the city of Florence in Italy and frequently refers to the gold coin struck in 1252.This money format was plagiarized in other countries and the word florin is used, for example, in relation to the Dutch guilder and the coin first issued in 1344 by Edward III of England, then...
(Cupressaceae
Cupressaceae
The Cupressaceae or cypress family is a conifer family with worldwide distribution. The family includes 27 to 30 genera , which include the junipers and redwoods, with about 130-140 species in total. They are monoecious, subdioecious or dioecious trees and shrubs from 1-116 m tall...
) and Pilgerochloa
Pilgerochloa
Pilgerochloa is a genus of grass in the Poaceae family consisiting of two Middle Eastern species: Pilgerochloa blanchei Eig and Pilgerochloa eigiana H.Scholz & Raus.- External links :*...
Eig
EIG
EIG or EIGG may refer to:* Electromagnetically induced grating, a physical phenomenon* Edmonton Investors Group Limited Partnership* EIG , a planned submarine telecommunications cable system* Alexander Eig, an Israeli botanist...
(Poaceae
Poaceae
The Poaceae is a large and nearly ubiquitous family of flowering plants. Members of this family are commonly called grasses, although the term "grass" is also applied to plants that are not in the Poaceae lineage, including the rushes and sedges...
) are named in his honour.
Selected bibliography
- Pilger, R. (1926). Phylogenie und Systematik der Coniferae. In: Engler, A.Adolf EnglerHeinrich 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...
, & Prantl, K. A. E.Karl Anton Eugen PrantlKarl Anton Eugen Prantl , also known as Carl Anton Eugen Prantl, was a German botanist.Prantl was born in Munich, Kingdom of Bavaria, and studied in Munich. In 1870 he graduated with the dissertation Das Inulin. Ein Beitrag zur Pflanzenphysiologie...
(eds.). Die natürlichen Pflanzenfamilien XIII. Leipzig. - Pilger, R. (1926). Pinaceae. In: Urban, I. (ed.). Plantae Haitienses III. Ark. Bot. 20 (4): A15: 9-10.
- Pilger, R. (1931). Die Gattung Juniperus L. Mitt. Deutsch. Dendrol. Ges. 43: 255-269.