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conifers Conifers are a group of cone-bearing seed plants, a subset of gymnosperms. Scientifically, they make up the division Pinophyta (), also known as Coniferophyta () or Coniferae. The division contains a single extant class, Pinopsida. All extan ...

. He collected plants in the

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, and from 1945 to 1950 was director of the botanical garden at Berlin-Dahlem.Google Books
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Pilgerodendron ''Pilgerodendron'' is a genus of conifer belonging to the cypress family Cupressaceae. It has only one species, ''Pilgerodendron uviferum'', which is endemic to the Valdivian temperate rain forests and Magellanic subpolar forests of southern ...

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Pilgerina ''Pilgerina'' is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Santalaceae. It only contains one known species, ''Pilgerina madagascariensis''. It is native to Madagascar, where it is known as ''sakaimboalavo''. Description ''Pil ...

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Pilgerochloa ''Ventenata'' is a genus of plants in the grass family, native to Europe, North Africa, and central + southwest Asia. One species, ''Ventenata dubia'', is considered an invasive weed in many places. ; Species * '' Ventenata blanchei'' Boiss. - L ...

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) are all named in his honour. ;Selected bibliography *Pilger, R. (1926). Phylogenie und Systematik der Coniferae. In: Engler, A., & Prantl, K. A. E. (eds.). ''Die natürlichen Pflanzenfamilien'' XIII. Leipzig. *Pilger, R. (1926). Pinaceae. In: Urban, I. (ed.). ''Plantae Haitienses'' III. ''Ark. Bot''. 20 (4): A15: 9–10. *Pilger, R. (1931). Die Gattung ''Juniperus'' L. ''Mitt. Deutsch. Dendrol. Ges.'' 43: 255–269.

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