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Late 19th century German botanist
Robert Knud Friedrich Pilger (3 July 1876,
Helgoland – 1 September 1953,
Berlin)
[1] was a German
botanist, who specialised in the study of
conifers.
He collected plants in the
Mato Grosso of
Brazil, and from 1945 to 1950 was director of the
botanical garden at Berlin-Dahlem.
[1]
[2]
The genera;
Pilgerodendron
Florin (
Cupressaceae),
[3]
Pilgerina Z.S.Rogers, Nickrent & Malécot (family
Santalaceae),
[4] and
Pilgerochloa
Eig (
Poaceae) are all named in his honour.
[2]
Selected bibliography
- Pilger, R. (1926). Phylogenie und Systematik der Coniferae. In:
Engler, A., &
Prantl, K. A. E. (eds.). Die natürlichen Pflanzenfamilien XIII. Leipzig.
- Pilger, R. (1926). Pinaceae. In:
Urban, I. (ed.). Plantae Haitienses III. Ark. Bot. 20 (4): A15: 9–10.
- Pilger, R. (1931). Die Gattung Juniperus L. Mitt. Deutsch. Dendrol. Ges. 43: 255–269.
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