Herbert Huber (botanist)
Herbert Franz Josef Huber (1 January 1931 – 1 October 2005)
Life
He was the son of biology professor at the Theological-Philosophical College at Dillingen, where he grew up. He studied under Hermann Merxmüller in Munich and completed a thesis there on Ceropegia in 1958. After graduating he took up a position as curator at the Botanic Garden at the University of Würzburg, and from there he became professor of botany at the University of Mérida, Venezuela. On returning to Germany he became chair of the Hamburg Herbarium, before taking up the position at Kaiserslautern where he remained till retirement.[2]
Work
Huber was one of the first scientists to challenge the traditional division of angiosperms into
It was at Munich that his most influential paper Die Samenmerkmale und Verwandtschaftsverhältnisse der Liliiflorae (1969)
Legacy
The genus Hubera was named after him.[6]
Selected publications
- Huber, H. (1955) Ceropegia humbertii Mitt. Bot. Staatssamml. Munchen, Heft 12: 72.
- Huber, H. (1985) Annonaceae, pp. 1–75. In: Dassanayake, M.D. & Fosberg, F.R. (eds.), A revised handbook to the flora of Ceylon, 5. Amerind Publishing Co., New Delhi, 476 pp
- Huber, H (1969). "Die Samenmerkmale und Verwandtschaftsverhältnisse der Liliiflorae". Mitt. Bot. Staatssamml.[Mitteilungen der Botanischen Staatssammlung München]. 8: 219–538. Retrieved 10 February 2015.
- Huber, H. (1977). "The treatment of monocotyledons in an evolutionary system of classification". In ISBN 978-3-211-81434-5.
- ISBN 978-3-540-64060-8. Retrieved 14 January 2014.
References
Bibliography
- "Huber, Herbert Franz Josef". Index of Botanists. Harvard University Herbaria & Libraries. Retrieved 14 April 2015.
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- Chaowasku, Tanawat; Johnson, David M.; Van Der Ham, Raymond W.J.M.; Chatrou, Lars W. (2012). "Characterization of Hubera (Annonaceae), a new genus segregated from Polyalthia and allied to Miliusa" (PDF). Phytotaxa. 69: 33–56. . Retrieved 14 April 2015.
- ISBN 9780122006807.
- ISBN 978-3-642-64903-5. Retrieved 10 February 2014.