Johann Otto Boeckeler (12 August 18035 March 1899) was a German apothecary- botanist of

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. He specialized in the plant family Cyperaceae (

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), of which, he was the

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of many species. He is commemorated with the genus ''Boeckeleria'' and the species ''Bulbostylis boeckeleriana''.

Publications

*''Botanik''; edited with

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and others (1879), part of

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's "Reisen in Ost-Afrika", etc. Bd. 3. Abt. 3. *''Die Cyperaceen des Königlichen Herbariums zu Berlin'',

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; Vol. XXXV - XLI, (1900) - Cyperaceae of the Royal Herbariums of Berlin.WorldCat Identities
(publications)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Boeckeler, Johann Otto 19th-century German botanists 1803 births 1899 deaths