Hermann August Theodor Harms (16 July 1870 – 27 November 1942) was a German taxonomist and botanist.
Hermann Harms | |
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| Born | Hermann Harms 16 July 1870 |
| Died | 27 November 1942 (aged 72) |
Harms was born in Berlin. He worked as a botanist at the Botanical Museum in Berlin. He was a member of the Prussian Academy of Sciences. He died in Berlin, aged 72.
He was longtime editor of Adolf Engler's " Das Pflanzenreich", and was the author of several chapters on various plant families in Engler and Prantl's " Die Natürlichen Pflanzenfamilien", including the chapters on Bromeliaceae (1930) and Nepenthaceae (1936). In the latter he revised the pitcher plant genus Nepenthes, dividing it into three subgenera: Anurosperma, Eunepenthes and Mesonepenthes (see Taxonomy of Nepenthes). Furthermore, he was interested in the genus Passiflora.
The plant genera Harmsia (Schum.), Harmsiella ( Briq.), [1] Harmsiodoxa O.E.Schulz (in the Brassicaceae family) and Harmsiopanax Warb. (in the Araliaceae family) commemorate his name. [2]
Publications
- Genera siphonogamarum ad systematic Englerianum conscripta. Leipzig: G. Engelmann, 1900–1907, with Karl Wilhelm von Dalla Torre (1850-1928).
- Cucurbitaceae Cucurbiteae-Cucumerinae. Leipzig: Engelmann, 1924 (reprinted Wiley 1966), with Alfred Cogniaux (1841-1916).
References
- This article is based on a translation of an equivalent article at the German Wikipedia, namely: Robert Zander, Fritz Encke, Günther Buchheim, Siegmund Seybold (eds) Handbook of Plant Names . 13th Edition. Ulmer Verlag, Stuttgart 1984, ISBN 3-8001-5042-5 .
- ^ Etimologia dei nomi botanici e micologici Acta Plantarum
- ^ Quattrocchi, Umberto (2000). CRC World Dictionary of Plant Names, Volume II, D–L. Boca Raton, Florida: CRC Press. ISBN 978-0-8493-2676-9.
- ^ International Plant Names Index. Harms.
External links
- Works by or about Hermann Harms at Internet Archive
- Listing at IPNI
- WorldCat Titles (list of publications)
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