People from ?Aga? County - People from ?Aga?, Adolf Engler, Gunter Blobel, ?Ukasz Gargu?a, Constantine, Prince of Hohenzollern-Hechingen (Paperback)

Chapters: People From ?aga?, Adolf Engler, Gunter Blobel, ?ukasz Gargu?a, Constantine, Prince of Hohenzollern-Hechingen, Jane Bernigau, Mariusz Jurasik. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 27. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Heinrich Gustav Adolf Engler (March 25, 1844 October 10, 1930) was a German botanist. He is notable for his work on plant taxonomy and phytogeography, like Die Naturlichen Pflanzenfamilien (The natural plant families), edited with Karl A. E. von Prantl. Even now, his system of plant classification, the Engler System, is still used by many herbaria and is followed by writers of many manuals and floras. It is still the only system that treats all 'plants' (in the wider sense, algae to flowering plants) in such depth . Engler published a prodigious number of taxonomic works. He used various artists to illustrate his books, notably Joseph Pohl (1864-1939), an illustrator who had served an apprenticeship as a wood-engraver. Pohl's skill drew Engler's attention, starting a collaboration of some forty years. Pohl produced more than 33 000 drawings in 6 000 plates for Die naturlichen pflanzenfamilien. He also illustrated Das pflanzenreich (1900-1953), Die pflanzenwelt Afrikas (1908-1910), Monographien afrikanischer pflanzenfamilien (1898-1904) and the journals Engler's Botanische jahrbucher. He received the Linnean Medal in 1913. The International Association for Plant Taxonomy (IAPT) established the Engler Medal in his honour in 1986, to be awarded for outstanding contributions to plant taxonomy (see the list of Engler Medal awards). The journal Englera (ISSN 0170-4818) published by the Berlin-Dahlem Botanical Garden, Germany is also named after him. Many genera (in various 'plant' groups) are named in his honour, such as Englerastrum, Englerella, Engleria, Englerina, ...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=334874