Robert Knud Friedrich Pilger

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Robert Knud Friedrich Pilger (1876-1953) was a German botanist, who specialised in the study of conifers.

The genus Pilgerodendron is named in his honour.

Selected bibliography
  • Pilger, R. (1926). Phylogenie und Systematik der Coniferae. In: Engler, A., & Prantl, K. A. E. (eds.). Die natürlichen Pflanzenfamilien XIII. Leipzig.
  • Pilger, R. (1926). Pinaceae. In: Urban, I. (ed.). Plantae Haitienses III. Ark. Bot. 20 (4): A15: 9-10.
  • Pilger, R. (1931). Die Gattung Juniperus L. Mitt. Deutsch. Dendrol. Ges. 43: 255-269.


The standard author abbreviation Pilg. is used to indicate this individual as the author when citing a botanical name.[1]
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