Oskar Eberhard Ulbrich

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Oskar Eberhard Ulbrich (17 September 1879 – 4 November 1952) was a German

mycologist
.

Ulbrich was born in

Botanical Museum in Berlin, where in 1938 he was appointed director of the Hauptpilzstelle.[1]

Known for his intrafamilial investigations of the botanical families

Chenopodiaceae and Caryophyllaceae, in 1934 he subdivided Chenopodiaceae into eight subfamilies; Salicornioideae, Polycnemoideae, Chenopodioideae, Salsoloideae, et al.[2][3]

In 1911 he introduced usage of a color scheme to indicate geographical regions on herbarium specimens and fascicles.[4] The plant genus

Ulbrichia from the family Malvaceae was named after him by Ignatz Urban (1848–1931).[5]

Selected publications

References

  1. ^ UZH - Zürcher Herbarien - Sammler Details Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine (biographical information)
  2. ^ American Journal of Botany[dead link] 84(2): 253–273. 1997
  3. ^ Flowering Plants. Dicotyledons: Magnoliid, Hamamelid and Caryophyllid Families edited by Klaus Kubitzki, Jens G. Rohwer, Volker Bittrich
  4. ^ Biodiversity Heritage Library Taxonomic literature : a selective guide to botanical publications
  5. ^ Google Books CRC World Dictionary of Plant Names: Common Names, Scientific Names, Eponyms ... by Umberto Quattrocchi
  6. ^ WorldCat Titles (publications)
  7. ^ Google Books Ökologische Forschung im globalen Kontext: Festschrift zum 65. Geburtstag ... by Siegmar-Walter Breckle
  8. ^ International Plant Names Index.  Ulbr.

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