Georg Hans Emmo Wolfgang Hieronymus

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Georg Hans Emmo Wolfgang Hieronymus
Born1846
Schöneiche, (Neumarkt district, Silesia)
Died1921
NationalityGerman
Alma materUniversity of Halle
Known forFerns, algae
Scientific career
FieldsBotany
Author abbrev. (botany)Hieron.

Georg Hans Emmo Wolfgang Hieronymus (1846–1921) was a European

botanist
of German extraction. He was born in Silesia and died in Berlin.

He began his career as a medical student in

University of Halle
, where he earned his doctorate in 1872.

Hieronymus was professor of botany in

Breslau, 1883–1892, and Berlin, where he was curator of the botanic garden and botanic garden museum starting in 1892. In the same year he started to edit the exsiccata series Herbarium cecidiologicum together with Ferdinand Albin Pax.[2] He edited the botanical journal Hedwigia
for 28 years.

Hieronymus' specialty was in ferns and algae. He was known for his plant collections in both central Europe and in much of South America.

Selected works

  • Plantae diaphoricae florae argentinae, etc. 1882.
  • Monografía de Lilaea subulata, 1882 - Monograph on Lilaea subulata (now a synonym of Triglochin scilloides).
  • Icones et descriptiones plantarum, quae sponte in Republica Argentina crescunt. etc. 1885.
  • Beiträge zur Kenntnis der europäischen Zoocecidien und der Verbreitung derselben, 1890 - Contributions to the knowledge of European
    plant gall
    and the dissemination of the same.
  • Observaciones sobre in vegetación de la provincia de Tucumán, Observations on vegetation found in Tucumán Province.[4]

References

  1. ^ JSTOR Global Plants Hieronymus, Georg Hans Emmo (Emo) Wolfgang (1846-1921)
  2. ^ "Herbarium cecidiologicum: IndExs ExsiccataID=498623360". IndExs – Index of Exsiccatae. Botanische Staatssammlung München. Retrieved 1 June 2024.
  3. ^ International Plant Names Index.  Hieron.
  4. ^ WorldCat Identities (publications)