Hubert Winkler (13 February 1875 in Prenzlau – 10 June 1941 in Breslau) was a German
botanist
Botany, also called , plant biology or phytology, is the science of plant life and a branch of biology. A botanist, plant scientist or phytologist is a scientist who specialises in this field. The term "botany" comes from the Ancient Greek wo ...
, who specialized in tropical flora research.
From 1895 he studied theology and botany at the University of Breslau, where in 1901/02 he worked as an assistant at the botanical garden. Afterwards, he worked at the Botanical Museum in Berlin and at the botanic garden in Victoria, Kamerun. In 1921 he became an associate professor of phytogeography at the University of Breslau, where in 1927 he attained a full professorship.
In 1905, botanist Adolf Engler published '' Winklerella'', which is a genus of flowering plants from Cameroon, belonging to the family Podostemaceae. It was named in Hubert Winkler's honor.
In 1908 he conducted botanical studies in the
Malay Peninsula
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and the
Dutch East Indies
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, where he also collected rattan plants and seed for importation to German colonies. In 1910 he carried out botanical investigations in
East Africa
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Due to the historical ...
Musaceae
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and Cannaceae in Engler and Prantl's '' Die Natürlichen Pflanzenfamilien''. Other writings by Winkler include:
* ''Pflanzengeographische Studien über die Formation des Buchenwaldes'', 1901 – Phytogeographical studies on the formation of
beech forest
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History
The town was named after the many myrtle beech trees of the area. Beech Forest Post Office opened on 10 May 1890 and closed in ...
s.
* ''Beiträge zur Morphologie und Biologie tropischer Blüten und Früchte'', 1906 – Contributions to the morphology and biology of tropical flowers and fruits.
* ''Eine akademische Studienfahrt nach Ostafrika'' (with Carl Zimmer, 1912) – An academic study excursion to East Africa.
* ''Botanisches Hilfsbuch für Pflanzer, Kolonialbeamte, Tropenkaufleute und Forschungsreisende'', 1912 – Botanical guide for planters, colonial officers, tropical merchants and explorers.
* ''Entwicklungsgeschichte der Pflanzenwelt. Pflanzengeographie. Die Pflanzenwelt der Tropen'', 1913 (with
Walther Gothan Walther Ulrich Eduard Friedrich Gothan (26 August 1879 in Woldegk – 30 December 1954 in Berlin) was a German paleobotanist, known for his studies of Carboniferous flora.Robert Knud Friedrich Pilger, 1913) – Evolutionary history of the plant world / Plant geography / The plant world of the tropics.HathiTrust Digital Library (published works)