Ernst Heinrich Georg Ule

Ernst Heinrich Georg Ule (12 March 1854 – 15 July 1915) was a German botanist.

Biography

He was born on 12 March 1854 in Halle an der Saale to science writer Otto Eduard Vincenz Ule (1820-1876). His brother was geographer Wilhelm Ule (1861–1940).

Originally trained as a gardener, he emigrated to Brazil in 1883, where he worked as a private tutor and botanical collector. Subsequently, he served as a naturalista viajante (traveling naturalist) at the National Museum in Rio de Janeiro, where he was appointed sub-director (1895), and later director, of the museum's botanical department.

From 1900 to 1903 he was engaged in botanical research in the Amazonas region of Brazil, during which time, he also conducted botanical investigations in neighboring areas. After his return to Germany, he worked as a scientific assistant at the Berlin-Dahlem Botanical Garden and Museum (1913–14).^[1]

He died on 15 July 1915.

Legacy

Ule has several botanical genera named in his honor, such as:

• Uleanthus, named by Hermann Harms (1870–1942), family Fabaceae.
• Ulearum, named by Adolf Engler (1844–1930), family Araceae.
• Uleiorchis, named by Frederico Carlos Hoehne (1882–1959), family Orchidaceae.
• Uleodendron, named by Stephan Rauschert (1931–1986), family Moraceae.
• Uleophytum, named by Georg Hieronymus (1846–1921), family Asteraceae.^[2]

Selected writings

• Kautschukgewinnung und Kautschukhandel am Amazonenstrome, 1906 – Rubber production and trade in the Amazon.
• Das Innere von Nordost-Brasilien, 1908 – The interior of northeast Brazil.
• Krautshukgewinnung und Kautschukhandel in Bahia, 1908 – Rubber production and trade in Bahia.
• Biologische Beobachtungen im Amazonasgebiet, 1915 – Biological observations in the Amazon.^[3]

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