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

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and botanist.

Life

Straehler was born in

Szczawno-Zdrój Szczawno-Zdrój (german: Bad Salzbrunn, until 1935 ''Ober Salzbrunn'') is a spa town in Wałbrzych County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. Geography The town in the historic Lower Silesia region is situated north of the ...

(Salzbrunn), Lower Silesian, Poland. He first attended his local village school, before attending the secondary school in Kamienna Góra (Landeshut), where he was taught by Conrector Höger who cultivated Straehler's life-long interest of flora. He completed a forestry apprenticeship in Unisław Śląski (Langwaltersdorf) and then undertook military service in the Garde-Jäger-Bataillon. After completing his service, Straehler was employed as a forestry assistant at

Pszczyna Pszczyna (german: Pleß, cs, Pština) is a town in southern Poland with 25,823 inhabitants (2019), and a seat of a local gmina (commune). It is situated in the Silesian Voivodeship, and was a part of the Katowice Voivodeship from 1975 until adm ...

(Pless) and Glinik Nowy (Neuhain). In 1858 he was transferred to

Sokołowsko Sokołowsko (german: Görbersdorf) is a village and traditional climatic spa town, health resort in Gmina Mieroszów, within Wałbrzych County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. First information about Goerbersdorff appears in ...

(Görbersdorf) and promoted to the district's forester. In 1880, he became the chief forester at Leśniczówka Smolary (Theerkeute), and it is in Leśniczówka Smolary that he started to publish his studies of the local flora. He retired in 1890 and moved to Jawor (Jauer) to be closer to family. 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

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References

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