Oskar Eberhard Ulbrich
Oskar Eberhard Ulbrich (17 September 1879 in Berlin – 4 November 1952) was a German botanist and mycologist.
He studied natural sciences at University of Berlin, where his instructors included Adolf Engler (1844–1930) and Simon Schwendener (1829–1919). In 1926 he became a curator and professor at the Botanical Museum in Berlin, where in 1938 he was appointed director of the Hauptpilzstelle.[1]
Known for his intrafamilial investigations of the botanical families Amaranthaceae, Chenopodiaceae and Caryophyllaceae, in 1934 he subdivided Chenopodiaceae into eight subfamilies; Salicornioideae, Polycnemoideae, Chenopodioideae, Salsoloideae, et al.[2][3]
In 1911 he introduced usage of a color scheme to indicate geographical regions on herbarium specimens and fascicles.[4] The plant genus Ulbrichia from the family Malvaceae was named after him by Ignatz Urban (1848–1931).[5]
Selected publications
- Die höheren Pilze: Basidiomycetes, third edition 1928 (with Gustav Lindau 1866-1923) - The higher fungi, Basidiomycetes.
- Pflanzenkunde, 1920.[6]
- Chenopodiaceae. - In: Adolf Engler & Karl Anton Eugen Prantl: Die natürlichen Pflanzenfamilien, second edition. volume 16c: S.379-585, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1934.[7]
References
- ↑ UZH - Zürcher Herbarien - Sammler Details (biographical information)
- ↑ American Journal of Botany 84(2): 253–273. 1997
- ↑ Flowering Plants. Dicotyledons: Magnoliid, Hamamelid and Caryophyllid Families edited by Klaus Kubitzki, Jens G. Rohwer, Volker Bittrich
- ↑ Biodiversity Heritage Library Taxonomic literature : a selective guide to botanical publications
- ↑ Google Books CRC World Dictionary of Plant Names: Common Names, Scientific Names, Eponyms ... by Umberto Quattrocchi
- ↑ WorldCat Titles (publications)
- ↑ Google Books Ökologische Forschung im globalen Kontext: Festschrift zum 65. Geburtstag ... by Siegmar-Walter Breckle
- ↑ IPNI. Ulbr.
External links
- IPNI (list of taxa described by Ulbrich)
- photo Cybertruffle.org (photo)