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
edit- Botanik; edited with Paul Friedrich August Ascherson and others (1879), part of Karl Klaus von der Decken's "Reisen in Ost-Afrika", etc. Bd. 3. Abt. 3.[5]
- Die Cyperaceen des Königlichen Herbariums zu Berlin, Linnaea; Vol. XXXV - XLI, (1900) - Cyperaceae of the Royal Herbariums of Berlin.[6]
References
edit- ^ A California Flora: And Supplement, Volumes 1-2 by Philip Alexander Munz
- ^ IPNI List of plants described and co-described by Boeckeler.
- ^ The Eponym Dictionary of Southern African Plants Plant Names A-B
- ^ The Plant List Bulbostylis boeckeleriana (Schweinf.) Beetle
- ^ WorldCat Title Botanik. Bearbeitet von P. Ascherson, O. Böcheler, etc.
- ^ WorldCat Identities (publications)
- ^ International Plant Names Index. Boeckeler.