Konrad Hermann Heinrich Christ (Universidade de Coimbra)

Konrad Hermann Heinrich Christ (12 December 1833, in

Basel , french: link=no, Bâlois(e), it, Basilese , neighboring_municipalities= Allschwil (BL), Hégenheim (FR-68), Binningen (BL), Birsfelden (BL), Bottmingen (BL), Huningue (FR-68), Münchenstein (BL), Muttenz (BL), Reinach (BL), Riehen (BS ...

– 23 November 1933, in

Riehen Riehen (Swiss German: ''Rieche'') is a municipality in the canton of Basel-Stadt in Switzerland. Together with the city of Basel and Bettingen, Riehen is one of three municipalities in the canton. Riehen hosts the Fondation Beyeler (a privately ...

), often known in citations as just "Christ" or "H. Christ", was a Swiss botanist who specialized in

pteridology A fern (Polypodiopsida or Polypodiophyta ) is a member of a group of vascular plants (plants with xylem and phloem) that reproduce via spores and have neither seeds nor flowers. The polypodiophytes include all living pteridophytes except th ...

(ferns). He studied law at the universities of

and

Berlin Berlin ( , ) is the capital and largest city of Germany by both area and population. Its 3.7 million inhabitants make it the European Union's most populous city, according to population within city limits. One of Germany's sixteen constitue ...

, receiving his doctorate at Basel in 1856. From 1869 to 1908 he worked as a lawyer and notary in Basel. In his spare time and during retirement he engaged in botanical pursuits, publishing over 300 works on topics such as

plant geography Phytogeography (from Greek language, Greek φυτόν, ''phytón'' = "plant" and γεωγραφία, ''geographía'' = "geography" meaning also distribution) or botanical geography is the branch of biogeography that is concerned with the geographi ...

systematics Biological systematics is the study of the diversification of living forms, both past and present, and the relationships among living things through time. Relationships are visualized as evolutionary trees (synonyms: cladograms, phylogenetic tre ...

and history of botany. The fern genus '' Christella'' is named in his honour.

Publications

* ''Das Pflanzenleben der Schweiz,'' 1879 *Christ, Hermann: "Die Botrychium-Arten des Austral Amerika." ''Arkiv for Botanik'', Vol. 6, NO. 3. Stockholm, Sweden. 1906. German. *Christ, Hermann: ''Die Farnkräuter der Erde he Ferns of the World Beschreibende Darstellung der Geschlechter und wichtigeren Arten der Farnpflanzen mit besonderer Berücksichtigung der exotischen.'' Gustav Fischer, Jena. 1897. xii,388pp, 292 text-illustrations, 260mm. German. *Christ, Hermann: ''Die Farnkräuter der Schweiz he Ferns of Switzerland'' Beiträge zur Kryptogamenflora der Schweiz, Vol. 1, Part 2. Bern, Switzerland. 1900. German. *Christ, Hermann: ''Die Geographie der Farne eography of the Ferns'' Jena. 1910. German. *Christ, Hermann: "Über die australen Polystichum-Arten." ''Arkiv for Botanik'', Vol. 4, no. 12. Stockholm, Sweden. 1905. German.

References

Pteridologists 19th-century Swiss botanists University of Basel alumni 1833 births 1933 deaths 20th-century Swiss botanists {{switzerland-botanist-stub