August Gremli (15 March 1833 – 30 March 1899) was a Swiss physician and

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born in

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. He studied medicine in

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and

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, and afterwards, trained as a

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. From 1876, he worked as a

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in the

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of botanist Émile Burnat (1828–1920) in Nant, located near the town of

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. He died in Kreuzlingen on March 30, 1899. Gremli published several works on Swiss flora, including ''Excursionsflora für die Schweiz'' (1867), a book that was later translated into English. In addition, he collaborated with Burnat on a number of essays involving flora from the

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Selected publications

* ''Excursionsflora für die Schweiz'', 1867 (5th edition translated into English by Leonard W. Paitson as "The Flora of Switzerland" 1888) * ''Beiträge zur Flora der Schweiz'' (Contributions to the Flora of Switzerland), 1870 * ''Neue Beiträge zur Flora der Schweiz'' (New Contributions to the Flora of Switzerland), 1880-1890

References

Historischen Lexikon der Schweiz
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External links

IPNI
List of plants described and co-described by Gremli.

Photo of August Gremli. 1833 births 1899 deaths People from Kreuzlingen 19th-century Swiss botanists {{Switzerland-botanist-stub