Heinrich Klebahn (20 February 1859,

Bremen Bremen (Low German also: ''Breem'' or ''Bräm''), officially the City Municipality of Bremen (german: Stadtgemeinde Bremen, ), is the capital of the German state Free Hanseatic City of Bremen (''Freie Hansestadt Bremen''), a two-city-state consis ...

– 5 October 1942,

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) was a German

mycologist Mycology is the branch of biology concerned with the study of fungus, fungi, including their genetics, genetic and biochemistry, biochemical properties, their Taxonomy (biology), taxonomy and ethnomycology, their use to humans, including as a so ...

and

phytopathologist Plant pathology (also phytopathology) is the scientific study of diseases in plants caused by pathogens (infectious organisms) and environmental conditions (physiological factors). Organisms that cause infectious disease include fungi, oomyc ...

. In 1884 he obtained his PhD from the

University of Jena The University of Jena, officially the Friedrich Schiller University Jena (german: Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, abbreviated FSU, shortened form ''Uni Jena''), is a public research university located in Jena, Thuringia, Germany. The un ...

, afterwards working as a schoolteacher in Bremen (1885–1894) and Hamburg (1894-1899). From 1905 onward, he was associated with the botanical gardens at Hamburg. From 1921 to 1934 he was an honorary professor and lecturer of cryptogamy and

soil biology Soil biology is the study of microbial and faunal activity and ecology in soil. Soil life, soil biota, soil fauna, or edaphon is a collective term that encompasses all organisms that spend a significant portion of their life cycle within a soil ...

at the ''Institut für Allgemeine Botanik'' in Hamburg.BHL
Taxonomic literature : a selective guide to botanical publications

Honours

In 1895

Ernst Lemmermann Ernst Johann Lemmermann (27 May 1867 in Bremen – 11 May 1915 in Bremen) was a German botanist who specialized in the field of phycology. During his career he taught classes (''Seminarlehrer'') in Bremen, where he also worked as a botanical a ...

named the

algae Algae (; singular alga ) is an informal term for a large and diverse group of photosynthetic eukaryotic organisms. It is a polyphyletic grouping that includes species from multiple distinct clades. Included organisms range from unicellular mic ...

genus '' Klebahniella'' in his honor. Then in 1906 he was commemorated with the mycological genus ''Klebahnia'' by

Joseph Charles Arthur Joseph Charles Arthur (January 11, 1850 – April 30, 1942) was a pioneer American plant pathologist and mycologist best known for his work with the parasitic rust fungi (Pucciniales).Makers of American Botany, Harry Baker Humphrey, Ronald Press ...

, which is a synonym of '' Uromyces'' , 1833. In 1939, W.Kirschstein published ''Klebahnopycnis'' a genus of fungi, this is now classified as a synonym of '' Hoehneliella'' , 1902. Lastly, in 2011, Inderbitzin and co-authors named the plant pathogenic fungus ''Verticillium klebahnii'' after him.

Written works

* '' Die wirtwechselnden Rostpilze'', 1904 – The heteroecious rust (fungus), rusts. * ''Krankheiten des Flieders'', 1909 – Diseases of lilacs. * iarchive:diealgenmooseund00kleb, Die Algen, Moose und Farnpflanzen, 1914 * ''Grundzüge der allgemeinen Phytopathologie''. Berlin: Verlag von Gebrüder Borntraeger, 1912 – Outline of general phytopathology. * ''Aufgaben und Ergebnisse biologischer Pilzforschung''. Vorträge aus dem Gesamtgebiet der Botanik, Heft 1. Berlin: Verlag von Gebrüder Borntraeger, 1914 – Tasks and results involving biological fungi research. * ''Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Fungi Imperfecti: III. Zur Kritik einiger Pestalozzia-Arten'' in Mycologisches Centralblatt 4:1 pp. 1–19 - Contributions towards understanding the fungi imperfecti, a critique of some species of Pestalozzia. * ''Haupt- und Nebenfruchtformen der Askomyzeten: Erster Teil: Eigene Untersuchungen'', 395 pp. - Primary and secondary fruiting body forms in the Ascomycetes.Mushroom the Journal
published works

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Klebahn, Heinrich 1859 births 1942 deaths Scientists from Bremen German mycologists German phytopathologists 19th-century German botanists University of Jena alumni 20th-century German botanists