August Gremli

August Gremli (March 15, 1833 – March 30, 1899) was a Swiss physician and botanist born in Kreuzlingen.

He studied medicine in Berlin and Munich, and afterwards attended an apprenticeship as a pharmacist in Karlsruhe. From 1876 he worked as a curator in the herbarium of botanist Émile Burnat (1828-1920) in Nant near Vevey. He died in Kreuzlingen on March 30, 1899. Gremli published several works on Swiss flora, including the 1867 Excursionsflora für die Schweiz, which was later translated into English. In addition he collaborated with Burnat on a number of essays on flora from the Maritime Alps.

Selected publications

Excursionsflora für die Schweiz, 1867 (5th edition translated into English by Leonard W. Paitson as "The Flora of Switzerland" 1888)
Beiträge zur Flora der Schweiz (Contributions to the Flora of Switzerland), 1870
Neue Beiträge zur Flora der Schweiz (New Contributions to the Flora of Switzerland), 1880-1890

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

References

This article is based on a translation of an article from the German Wikipedia.

^ "Author Query". International Plant Names Index. http://www.ipni.org/ipni/authorsearchpage.do.

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Name	Gremli, August
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Date of birth	March 15, 1833
Place of birth	Kreuzlingen
Date of death	March 30, 1899
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