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(Redirected from Emil Otto Oskar von Kirchner) German botanist and agronomist (1851–1925)
Oskar von Kirchner c. 1918

Emil Otto Oskar von Kirchner (15 September 1851, in Breslau – 25 April 1925, in Venice) was a German botanist and agronomist.

He studied botany at the University of Breslau, receiving his doctorate in 1873 with a dissertation on the botanical writings of Theophrastus. After graduation, he worked as an assistant at the pomology institute of the agricultural academy in Proskau. From 1881 to 1917 he was a professor of botany at the Agricultural Academy in Hohenheim.

The phycological genera; Kirchneria (in the family Polypodiopsida), Kirchneriella (in the family Selenastraceae), Kirchneriellopsis and Kirchneriellosaccus, all commemorate his name.

Selected works

  • Die mikroskopische Pflanzen-und Thierwelt des Süsswassers (with Friedrich Blochmann, 1885/86) – The microscopic freshwater plant and animal world.
  • Die Krankheiten und Beschädigungen unserer landwirtschaftlichen Kulturpflanzen : eine Anleitung zu ihrer Erkennung und Bekämpfung fur Landwirte, Gärtner, 1890 – The diseases and damage to our agricultural crops, etc.
  • Die Vegetation des Bodensees (with Carl Joseph Schröter, 1896) – Vegetation of Lake Constance.
  • Lebensgeschichte der Blütenpflanzen Mitteleuropas : spezielle Ökologie der Blütenpflanzen Deutschlands, Österreichs und der Schweiz (with Ernst Loew; Carl Joseph Schröter; Walther Wangerin, 1904) – Life history of flowering plants in Central Europe.
  • Blumen und insekten : ihre anpassungen aneinander und ihre gegenseitige abhängigkeit, 1911 – Flowers and insects: their adaptations to each other and their mutual dependence.
The standard author abbreviation Kirchn. is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.

References

  1. Biographisches Handbuch zur Geschichte des Pflanzenbaus by Wolfgang Böhm
  2. "Kirchneria C.F.W.Braun, 1854". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 5 May 2022.
  3. "Kirchneriellopsis H.Kufferath, 1954". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 5 May 2022.
  4. "Kirchneriellosaccus A.K.M.N.Islam, 1969". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 5 May 2022.
  5. BHL Taxonomic literature : a selective guide to botanical publications
  6. Burkhardt, Lotte (2022). Eine Enzyklopädie zu eponymischen Pflanzennamen [Encyclopedia of eponymic plant names] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2022. ISBN 978-3-946292-41-8. S2CID 246307410. Retrieved January 27, 2022.
  7. Most widely held works by O Kirchner WorldCat Identities
  8. International Plant Names Index.  Kirchn.
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