Gottfried Knebel

Gottfried Knebel
Born 1908
Nationality German
Fields Botany
Author abbrev. (botany) Knebel

Gottfried Knebel (born 1908) was a German botanist. He was the author of the cactus genus Opuntiopsis, an invalid name according to the current rules of botanical nomenclature; it is now a synonym of Schlumbergera. The species Mammillaria knebeliana Boedeker is said to have been named in his honour.[1]

References

  1. ↑ Cochard, Yann, Encyclopédie des Plantes Grasses : Mammillaria knebeliana (in French), retrieved 2011-11-12
  2. ↑ IPNI.  Knebel.


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