Wilhelm Olbers Focke

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Wilhelm Olbers Focke (1834-1922) was a botanist who in 1880 published a significant work on plant breeding entitled Plant Crosses which briefly mentioned Gregor Mendel's discoveries on hybridization[1]. Although Charles Darwin had a copy of Focke's book he passed it along to a colleague apparently without reading this particular section[2].

The standard author abbreviation Focke is used to indicate this individual as the author when citing a botanical name.[3]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Everdell, W.R. (1997). The First Moderns: Profiles in the Origins of Twentieth-century Thought, University of Chicago Press, ISBN:0226224805.
  2. ^ The First Moderns, pg. 161.
  3. ^ Brummitt, R. K.; C. E. Powell (1992). Authors of Plant Names. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. ISBN 1-84246-085-4. 


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