Boeckeler

Johann Otto Boeckeler

Johann Otto Boeckeler

German apothecary-botanist (1803–1899)

Johann Otto Boeckeler (12 August 1803 – 5 March 1899) was a German apothecary-botanist of Oldenburg. He specialized in the plant family Cyperaceae (sedges),[1] of which, he was the binomial authority of many species.[2]

He is commemorated with the genus Boeckeleria and the species Bulbostylis boeckeleriana.[3][4]

Publications

The standard author abbreviation Boeckeler is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.[7]

References

  1. [1]
    A California Flora: And Supplement, Volumes 1-2 by Philip Alexander Munz
  2. [2]
    IPNI List of plants described and co-described by Boeckeler.
  3. [3]
    The Eponym Dictionary of Southern African Plants Plant Names A-B
  4. [4]
    The Plant List Bulbostylis boeckeleriana (Schweinf.) Beetle
  5. [5]
    WorldCat Title Botanik. Bearbeitet von P. Ascherson, O. Böcheler, etc.
  6. [6]
    WorldCat Identities (publications)
  7. [7]
    International Plant Names Index.  Boeckeler.
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