Johannes von Hanstein

Johannes Ludwig Emil Robert von Hanstein (15 May 1822 – 27 August 1880) was a German

botanist who was a native of Potsdam

He attended classes at the Gärtnerlehranstalt (Institute of

University of Berlin, and six years later became curator of the royal herbarium. In 1865 he was appointed professor of botany at the University of Bonn and director of the botanical garden

.

Hanstein is remembered for studies in

fertilization process in ferns

.

The plant genus

Hansteinia of the family Acanthaceae is named after him.^[2]

The standard author abbreviation Hanst. is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.^[3]

Gallery

Capsella bursa-pastoris drawing by Johannes von Hanstein
Asteranthera ovata , (Cav.) Hanst. in the Puyehue National Park

Selected publications

Untersuchungen über den Bau und die Entwickelung der Baumrinde (Studies on the construction and development of
tree bark
) (1853).
Die Milchsaftgefässe und die verwandten Organe der Rinde, (1864).
Die Scheitelzellgruppe im Vegetationspunkt der Phanerogamen (The
phanerogams
), (1869).
Die Entwicklung des Keimes der Monokotylen und Dikotylen (Development involving
dicots
), (1870).

He was also an editor of the journal Botanische Abhandlungen aus dem Gebiete der Morphologie und Physiologie (Botanical treatises from the areas of morphology and physiology).^[4]^[5] Example :

With Ernst Pfitzer. Untersuchungen über Bau und Entwicklung der Bacillariaceen (Diatomaceen), (1871) : Read online

References

Parts of this article are based on a translation of an equivalent article at the German Wikipedia, including:
- NDB/ADB Deutsche Biographie (biography)
- Meyers Konversations-Lexikon 4. Auflage. Band 8, Bibliographisches Institut, Leipzig 1885–1892, S. 149–150.

^ Mutation Breeding by A. M. van Harten; (Hanstein's histogen theory)
^ JSTOR New Species of Hansteinia (Acanthaceae) from Colombia
^ International Plant Names Index. Hanst.
^ Botanische Abhandlungen aus dem Gebiete der Morphologie und Physiologie OCLC WorldCat
^ Botanische abhandlungen aus dem Gebiet der Morphologie und ..., Volume 4 edited by Johannes Ludwig Emil Robert von Hanstein

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[1] Mutation Breeding by A. M. van Harten; (Hanstein's histogen theory)

[2] JSTOR New Species of Hansteinia (Acanthaceae) from Colombia

[3] International Plant Names Index. Hanst.

[4] Botanische Abhandlungen aus dem Gebiete der Morphologie und Physiologie OCLC WorldCat

[5] Botanische abhandlungen aus dem Gebiet der Morphologie und ..., Volume 4 edited by Johannes Ludwig Emil Robert von Hanstein

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