Robert Knud Friedrich Pilger

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German botanist

A.K.A.

Pilg.

Places

Germany

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Scientist Botanist

Work field

Science

Gender

Male

Birth

3 July 1876 People who share this birthday

Place of birth

Helgoland

Star sign

Cancer People who share this birthday

Death

9 January 1953 People who died on this day

Place of death

Berlin

Age

76 years

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Biography

Robert Knud Friedrich Pilger (3 July 1876, in Helgoland – 1 September 1953, in Berlin)was a German botanist, who specialised in the study of conifers.
He collected plants in the Mato Grosso of Brazil, and from 1945 to 1950 was director of the botanical garden at Berlin-Dahlem.
The genera Pilgerodendron Florin (Cupressaceae)and Pilgerochloa Eig (Poaceae) are named in his honour.
Selected bibliography
Pilger, R. (1926). Phylogenie und Systematik der Coniferae. In: Engler, A., & Prantl, K. A. E. (eds.). Die natürlichen Pflanzenfamilien XIII. Leipzig.
Pilger, R. (1926). Pinaceae. In: Urban, I. (ed.). Plantae Haitienses III. Ark. Bot. 20 (4): A15: 9-10.
Pilger, R. (1931). Die Gattung Juniperus L. Mitt. Deutsch. Dendrol. Ges. 43: 255-269.

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