Werner Rodolfo Greuter, (born February 27, 1938) in

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, as a Swiss national, is a botanist. He is the chair of the Editorial Committee for the ''

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'' (''ICBN'') - the ''Tokyo Code'' (1994) and the ''St Louis Code'' (2000). His proposed policy as regards registration of botanical names proved unpopular and in 1999 he stepped back, not being elected anew: he completed his term as chair to be succeeded at Vienna in 2005. He has returned as a member of the editorial committee, contributing to the renamed International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants, the "Melbourne Code" (2012).

Biography

Greuter went to schools in

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and

Winterthur , neighboring_municipalities = Brütten, Dinhard, Elsau, Hettlingen, Illnau-Effretikon, Kyburg, Lindau, Neftenbach, Oberembrach, Pfungen, Rickenbach, Schlatt, Seuzach, Wiesendangen, Zell , twintowns = Hall in Tirol (Austria ...

, and received his PhD from the

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in 1972. From 1972 to 1974 he was scientific director of the

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, Athens, and edited its journal, ''Annales Musei Goulandris'' till 1976, being succeeded by

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. He was appointed on April 1, 1978 to his current position:

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of biology in the Institute of Biology at the

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, Germany, and First Director of the University's Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum (BGBM) in

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Awards

* Medal of Honour of the University of Crete, Rethymnon, 2010 * Doctorate honoris causa (Laurea specialistica ''

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'' in Biologia ed Ecologia vegetale), Università degli Studi di Palermo, 2010 * Premio Acuña Galé, Sociedad Cubana de Botánica, 2009 * Honorary Professorship (Categoría Docente Especial de Profesor Invitado), Universidad de La Habana, 2004 * Theophrastus Medal of Honour of the Hellenic Botanical Society, 2000 * IAPT Distinguished Services Award, 1999 * OPTIMA Gold Medal, 1998. * Distinguished Services Award, XVI International Botanical Congress, St Louis, Missouri

Eponymy

The plant species '' Epipactis greuteri'', '' Minuartia greuteriana'', '' Hieracium greuteri'', '' Centaurea greuteri'', '' Bupleurum greuteri'' and '' Acanthus greuterianus'' are named after him. As well as ''

Greuteria ''Greuteria'' is a genus of flowering plant Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (), commonly called angiosperms. The term "angiosperm" is derived from the Greek words ('container, vessel' ...

'', which is a genus of

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s belonging to the family Fabaceae and published in 2013.

References and external links

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Example of a combination published by Greuter: ''Dittrichia viscosa'' (L.) Greuter
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Biography

Awards

Eponymy

See also

References and external links