Ernst Heinrich Georg Ule

Ernst Heinrich Georg Ule (12 March 1854 – 15 July 1915) was a German botanist and plant collector.

Biography

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He was born on 12 March 1854 in Halle an der Saale to science writer Otto Eduard Vincenz Ule (1820–1876). His brother was geographer Wilhelm Ule (1861–1940).

Originally trained as a gardener, and worked at the botanical gardens in Halle and Berlin.[1] He then emigrated to Brazil in 1883, where he worked as a private tutor and botanical collector. Subsequently, he served as a naturalista viajante (traveling naturalist) at the National Museum in Rio de Janeiro, where he was appointed sub-director (1895), and later director, of the museum's botanical department. His series Herbarium Brasiliense with a lot of numbered specimens is now widely distributed in major herbaria worldwide.[2]

From 1900 to 1903 he was engaged in botanical research in the Amazonas region of Brazil, during which time, he also conducted botanical investigations in neighbouring areas. In 1905, he issued three exsiccatae distributing bryophyte and fungi specimens from Brazil.[3]

After his return to Germany, he worked as a scientific assistant at the Berlin-Dahlem Botanical Garden and Museum (1913–14).[4]

He died on 15 July 1915.

Legacy

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Ule has several botanical genera named in his honor, such as:[1][5]

Selected writings

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  • Kautschukgewinnung und Kautschukhandel am Amazonenstrome, 1906 – Rubber production and trade in the Amazon.
  • Das Innere von Nordost-Brasilien, 1908 – The interior of northeast Brazil.
  • Kautshukgewinnung und Kautschukhandel in Bahia, 1908 – Rubber production and trade in Bahia.
  • Biologische Beobachtungen im Amazonasgebiet, 1915 – Biological observations in the Amazon.[6]

References

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  1. ^ a b Burkhardt, Lotte (2022). Eine Enzyklopädie zu eponymischen Pflanzennamen [Encyclopedia of eponymic plant names] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2022. ISBN 978-3-946292-41-8. Retrieved January 27, 2022.
  2. ^ "Herbarium Brasiliense: IndExs ExsiccataID=2147199917". IndExs – Index of Exsiccatae. Botanische Staatssammlung München. Retrieved 3 September 2024.
  3. ^ Triebel, D. & Scholz, P. 2001–2024 IndExs – Index of Exsiccatae. – Botanische Staatssammlung München: http://indexs.botanischestaatssammlung.de. – München, Germany.
  4. ^ JSTOR Plant Science (biography)
  5. ^ Google Books CRC World Dictionary of Plant Names: Common Names, Scientific Names, Eponyms ... by Umberto Quattrocchi
  6. ^ WorldCat Identities (publications)
  7. ^ International Plant Names Index.  Ule.