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Adalbert Geheeb (21 March 1842 in Geisa – 13 September 1909 in Konigsfelden, Brugg, Aargau) was a German
biography Up until 1892, he served as a pharmacist in his hometown of Geisa, afterwards working as a private scholar in
@ Hessisches Landesamt für geschichtliche Landeskunde In 1909 his herbarium contained 50,000 items representing 1300 species. He was the author of more than 50 scientific papers on mosses. The genus ''Geheebia'' is named after him, as are species with the epithet of ''geheebii'', an example being ''Brachythecium geheebii''.
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botanist
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specializing in moss
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es. The son of a pharmacist
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, he studied natural history as a pastime, and published extensively.
In 1864-65 he studied pharmacy in Jena.Geschichte der Bryologie in der Schweizbiography Up until 1892, he served as a pharmacist in his hometown of Geisa, afterwards working as a private scholar in
Freiburg im Breisgau
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. He was a corresponding member of the Royal Botanic Society
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of London and co-founder of the Rhön Club
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in Gersfeld.Hessian Biography@ Hessisches Landesamt für geschichtliche Landeskunde In 1909 his herbarium contained 50,000 items representing 1300 species. He was the author of more than 50 scientific papers on mosses. The genus ''Geheebia'' is named after him, as are species with the epithet of ''geheebii'', an example being ''Brachythecium geheebii''.
Selected works
* ''Die Laubmoose des Cantons Aargau. Mit besonderer Berücksichtigung der geognostischen Verhältnisse und der Phanerogamen-flora'', 1864 – Mosses of theCanton Aargau
Aargau, more formally the Canton of Aargau (german: Kanton Aargau; rm, Chantun Argovia; french: Canton d'Argovie; it, Canton Argovia), is one of the 26 cantons forming the Swiss Confederation. It is composed of eleven districts and its capita ...
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* ''Neue Beitrage zur Moosflora von Neu-Guinea'', 1889 – New contributions involving mosses of New Guinea.
* ''Weitere Beiträge zur Moosflora von Neu-Guinea'', 1898 – More contributions involving mosses of New Guinea.
* ''Bryologia atlantica : die Laubmoose der atlantischen Inseln (unter Ausschluss der europäischen und arktischen Gebiete)'', 1910 – "Bryologia atlantica", mosses from islands of the Atlantic.published works
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1842 births 1909 deaths People from Wartburgkreis 20th-century German botanists Bryologists {{Germany-botanist-stub