Adolf Strähler

Adolf Straehler (also Strähler) (10. December 1829 – 12 February 1897) was a Silesian forester and botanist.

Life Straehler was born in Szczawno-Zdrój (Salzbrunn), Lower Silesian, Poland. and it is in Leśniczówka Smolary that he started to publish his studies of the local flora. He died after a period of poor health in 1897.

Published major works

Adolf Straehler (1891) "Flora von Theerkeute im Kreise Czarnikau der Provinz Posen." Deutsche botanische Monatsschrift 9:9-13. Adolf Straehler (1896) "Floristische Skizze der Oberförsterei Theerkeute." Zeitschrift der Botanischen Abteilung 3:71-74. Adolf Straehler (1897) "Einiges über das Sammeln, Präparieren und Aufbewahren der Herbarpflanzene." Zeitschrift der Botanischen Abteilung 3:91-93.

Taxonomic contributions and standard author abbreviation

He named the following willow hybrids: Salix × hirtii Strähler. Salix × marchiaca Strähler.

Botanical collections

Straehler's plant collections are held in various European herbaria, including the Wroclaw University herbarium, the herbarium of the Bucharest Botanical Garden, the University of Copenhagen herbarium, the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, Naturalis Leiden, the Komarov Botanical Institute, and the National Museum Wales. In Australasia, specimens are held by the National Herbarium of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria.