Joseph Friedrich Nicolaus Bornmüller

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Joseph Bornmüller

Joseph Friedrich Nicolaus Bornmüller (February 6, 1862 – December 19, 1948) was a German

botanist born in Hildburghausen, Thuringia
.

Biography

He studied

Asia Minor and North Africa. In his research, he also visited Greece, Madeira and the Canary Islands
.

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

Montivipera bornmuelleri ;[3] and the caecilian species Crotaphatrema bornmuelleri are named in his honor.[4]

References

  1. ^ Triebel, D. & Scholz, P. 2001–2024 IndExs – Index of Exsiccatae. – Botanische Staatssammlung München: http://indexs.botanischestaatssammlung.de. – München, Germany.
  2. ^ Bornmüller, Friedrich Nicolaus Joseph @ NDB/ADB Deutsche Biographie
  3. . ("Bornmüller", p. 31).
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  5. ^ International Plant Names Index.  Bornm.

External links

  • IPNI List of taxa described & co-described by Bornmüller.