Philipp Wilhelm Albrecht Zimmermann (23 April 1860, in

Braunschweig Braunschweig () or Brunswick ( , from Low German ''Brunswiek'' , Braunschweig dialect: ''Bronswiek'') is a city in Lower Saxony, Germany, north of the Harz Mountains at the farthest navigable point of the river Oker, which connects it to the Nor ...

– 22 February 1931, in

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) was a German botanist. He was a Professor of Botany at several different Universities (such as

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and

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). He was a botanist and collector of

fungi A fungus ( : fungi or funguses) is any member of the group of eukaryotic organisms that includes microorganisms such as yeasts and molds, as well as the more familiar mushrooms. These organisms are classified as a kingdom, separately from ...

and

spermatophytes A spermatophyte (; ), also known as phanerogam (taxon Phanerogamae) or phaenogam (taxon Phaenogamae), is any plant that produces seeds, hence the alternative name seed plant. Spermatophytes are a subset of the embryophytes or land plants. They inc ...

, who worked in

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and

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from 1902 to 1919. He moved to

in 1896 and studied applied botany. In 1902 he moved to Africa to join the

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that was established that year. He returned to Germany after

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in 1920. He wrote about the cultivation of

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among other things related to botany, but most of his writings were destroyed during World War II.

Works

* ''Der Kaffee'', Deutscher Auslandsverlag, 1926, 204 p. *''Botanical microtechnique, 1893,'' (translated by J. E. Humphrey) ''296 p.''

Honours

He has been honoured in the naming of several plant taxa including; * '' Zimmermanniella'' which is a genus of fungi in the family

Phyllachoraceae Phyllachoraceae is a family of sac fungi. Genera As accepted by 2020 Outline (with amount of species per genus); *'' Ascovaginospora'' (1) *'' Brobdingnagia'' (4) *'' Camarotella'' (8) *'' Coccodiella'' (27) *'' Cyclodomus'' (5) *'' Des ...

Paul Christoph Hennings Paul Christoph Hennings (November 27, 1841 – October 14, 1908) was a German mycologist and herbarium curator. He discovered the study of cryptogams and mushrooms as a volunteer at the botanical garden. Although circumstances initially prevent ...

in 1902. * ''Neozimmermannia'' by

Sijfert Hendrik Koorders Sijfert Hendrik Koorders (1863 – 1919) was a Dutch botanist, who worked primarily on the flora of Java. Life Koorders was born in Bandung, Indonesia on 29 November 1863. In 1881 he graduated from the Hogere Burgerschool in Haarlem in the ...

in 1907, (a genus of fungi) which is now a synonym for ''

Colletotrichum gloeosporioides ''Glomerella cingulata'' is a fungal plant pathogen, being the name of the sexual stage (teleomorph) while the more commonly referred to asexual stage (anamorph) is called ''Colletotrichum gloeosporioides''. For most of this article the pathogen ...

'' (in

Glomerellaceae ''Glomerellaceae'' is a monotypic family of fungi in the class ''Sordariomycetes'' that contains only one genus, ''Colletotrichum''. Genera ''Colletotrichum ''Colletotrichum'' (sexual stage: ''Glomerella'') is a genus of fungi that are sym ...

family) * ''Zimmermannia'' by

Ferdinand Albin Pax Ferdinand Albin Pax (26 July 1858 – 1 March 1942) was a German botanist specializing in spermatophytes. A collaborator of Adolf Engler, he wrote several monographs and described several species of plants and animals from Silesia and the Carpat ...

in 1910, (a genus of

Euphorbiaceae Euphorbiaceae, the spurge family, is a large family of flowering plants. In English, they are also commonly called euphorbias, which is also the name of a genus in the family. Most spurges, such as ''Euphorbia paralias'', are herbs, but some, e ...

, Phyllanthaceae) which is a synonym of ''

Meineckia ''Meineckia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Phyllanthaceae first described as a genus in 1858. ''Meineckia'' is one of eight genera in the tribe Poranthereae.Maria S. Vorontsova and Petra Hoffmann. 2008. "A phylogenetic classifica ...

''. * ''Zimmermanniopsis'' by

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in 1990 (another genus of Euphorbiaceae, Phyllanthaceae) which is also a synonym of ''Meineckia''.

References

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* 19th-century German botanists Scientists from Berlin Scientists from Braunschweig Scientists from the Duchy of Brunswick 1860 births 1931 deaths Plant collectors 20th-century German botanists {{Germany-botanist-stub