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Anton Heimerl

1857 – 1943

Austrian botanist

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Lived 1857 – 1943 (aged 86). Anton Heimerl was an Austrian and Hungarian botanist, botanical collector, secondary school teacher and scientific collector.

Anton Heimerl (15 February 1857, Budapest - 4 March 1943, Wien) was an Austrian botanist.

Heimerl specialized in research of the plant family Nyctaginaceae, and was the binomial authority of many botanical species. He was author of the sections on Nyctaginaceae, Phytolaccaceae and Achatocarpaceae in Engler & Prantl's "Die Natürlichen Pflanzenfamilien" (Volume 16, 1934).

In 1903 the genus Heimerlia was named after him by Franz Xaver Rudolf von Höhnel, and in 1941 Carl Skottsberg named the genus Heimerliodendron in his honor.

Selected writings In English: "Two new species of Abronia", 1910 "Nyctaginaceae of southeastern Polynesia and other Pacific islands", 1937 In German: Die niederösterreichischen Ascoboleen, 1889 Monographie der Nyctaginaceen. I. Bougainvillea, Phaeoptilum, Colignonia, 1900 Flora von Brixen a. E.., 1911 Schulflora fur Österreich und die angrenzenden Gebiete der Alpen- und Sudetenländer sowie des Küstenland südlich bis Triest, 1923.

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Who was Anton Heimerl?

Austrian botanist (1857-1943)

When was Anton Heimerl born?

Anton Heimerl was born on 15 February 1857 in Pest.

When did Anton Heimerl die?

Anton Heimerl died on 4 March 1943 in Vienna.

What was Anton Heimerl's occupation?

Anton Heimerl was a botanist, botanical collector, secondary school teacher and scientific collector.

What nationality was Anton Heimerl?

Anton Heimerl was Austrian and Hungarian.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Anton Heimerl

· Wikidata: Q85207

· DBpedia: Anton Heimerl

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