Joseph Friedrich Nicolaus Bornmüller
Joseph Friedrich Nicolaus Bornmüller (February 6, 1862 – December 19, 1948) was a German
Biography
He studied
In 1903 he succeeded Heinrich Carl Haussknecht (1838–1903) as curator of the "Haussknecht Herbarium" at Weimar, a position he maintained until 1938. Between 1888 and 1920 he curated and distributed large series of duplicate specimens. The specimens have sometimes collection numbers on printed labels, resembling exsiccatae and found in major herbaria.[1]
In 1918 he was awarded an honorary professorship from the University of Jena.[2]
Among Bornmüller's many publications was a treatise on Macedonian flora titled Beiträge zur Flora Mazedoniens (1925–1928).
Eponymy
The plant genus
References
- This article incorporates information based on a translation of an article at the ISBN 3-8001-5042-5.
- HUH Index of Botanists
- ^ Triebel, D. & Scholz, P. 2001–2024 IndExs – Index of Exsiccatae. – Botanische Staatssammlung München: http://indexs.botanischestaatssammlung.de. – München, Germany.
- ^ Bornmüller, Friedrich Nicolaus Joseph @ NDB/ADB Deutsche Biographie
- ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. ("Bornmüller", p. 31).
- ISBN 978-1-907807-42-8.
- ^ International Plant Names Index. Bornm.
External links
- IPNI List of taxa described & co-described by Bornmüller.