Ernest Friedrich Gilg

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Ernest (or Ernst) Friedrich Gilg (born January 12, 1867, in Baden-Württemberg, Germany, and died October 11, 1933, in Berlin) was a German botanist.

Life

Gilg was curator of the Botanical Museum in Berlin. With fellow botanist Adolf Engler, he co-authored and published a syllabus on botanical families - "Syllabus der Pflanzenfamilien" (8th edition 1919).[1] He also made contributions to Engler's "Das Pflanzenreich", (e.g. the section on the family Monimiaceae).[2][3] The Poaceae grass genus, Gilgiochloa, was posthumously named after him.

Work

  • Pharmazeutische Warenkunde, published 1911
  • Grundzüge der Botanik für Pharmazeuten, published 1921
  • Lehrbuch der Pharmakognosie, published 1922

Over the course of his life, Gilg was binomial author or co-author of many species of plants.[4] He named 42 species, subspecies, and sub-families of various grasses.

The standard author abbreviation Gilg is used to indicate this individual as the author when citing a botanical name.[5]

References

  1. ↑ WorldCat Title Syllabus der Pflanzenfamilien
  2. ↑ Bibliographie Der Deutschen Naturwissenschaftlichen Litteratur, Volumes 3-4
  3. ↑ Google Books Das_Pflanzenreich, Monimiaceae
  4. ↑ IPNI List of plants described or co-described by Gilg
  5. ↑ "Author Query for 'Gilg'". International Plant Names Index. 

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