Georg Hans Emmo Wolfgang Hieronymus
Appearance
Georg Hans Emmo Wolfgang Hieronymus | |
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Born | 1846 Schöneiche, (Neumarkt district, Silesia) |
Died | 1921 |
Nationality | German |
Alma mater | University of Halle |
Known for | Ferns, algae |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Botany |
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 galland the dissemination of the same.
- Observaciones sobre in vegetación de la provincia de Tucumán, Observations on vegetation found in Tucumán Province.[4]
References
- ^ JSTOR Global Plants Hieronymus, Georg Hans Emmo (Emo) Wolfgang (1846-1921)
- ^ "Herbarium cecidiologicum: IndExs ExsiccataID=498623360". IndExs – Index of Exsiccatae. Botanische Staatssammlung München. Retrieved 1 June 2024.
- ^ International Plant Names Index. Hieron.
- ^ WorldCat Identities (publications)
- ISBN 0-947643-90-7.