Hansjörg Eichler

Hansjörg Eichler
Born(1916-04-01)1 April 1916[1]
Ravensburg, Baden-Württemberg[3]
Died22 June 1992(1992-06-22) (aged 76)[1]
Berlin[1]
CitizenshipGerman, Australian
Alma materBerlin-Dahlem Botanical Museum University of Halle-Wittenberg[3]
Scientific career
FieldsBotany
InstitutionsNationaal Natuurhistorisch Museum Naturalis in Leiden, State Herbarium of South Australia, Australian National Herbarium,[1] University of Adelaide[2]
Author abbrev. (botany)H.Eichler

Hansjörg Eichler (1 April 1916 – 22 June 1992) was a German-born botanist, educated in Europe, who worked in Europe and Australia, and whose greatest contribution was to Australian botany.[2][4]

The standard author abbreviation H.Eichler is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.[5]

Life

Hansjörg Eichler, the son of architect, Gustav Eichler, and painter, Anna Eichler (née Sellin), was born in Ravensburg in 1916.[3] At the Ravensburg school, one of his teachers was Karl Bertsch, a leading Württemberg botanist, who stimulated his interest in botany and took him on private botanical excursions.[3] In 1936, the family moved to Berlin, and Eichler started working at the Botanisches Museum Berlin-Dahlem (as a volunteer) under the tutelage of Friedrich Ludwig E Diels, at the same time having enrolled at the University of Berlin, to study botany and chemistry.[3] The work at the Botanisches Museum ceased in 1943 when a bombing raid wrecked the museum.[3] In 1944, he was exempted from war service to allow him to both study and work at the Kaiser-Wilhelm-Institut für Kulturpflanzenforschung (now the Leibniz-Institut für Pflanzengenetik und Kulturpflanzenforschung) in Vienna.[1]

After the war (1946–1949), he was able to continue his studies at the University of Halle-Wittenberg, and, in 1950, received his Doctorate in Natural Sciences for a thesis on floristic and phyto-oenological investigations into the Hakel.[3] He married Marie-Louise Möhring in 1953, and went to Parma, and from there to the Nationaal Natuurhistorisch Museum Naturalis in Leiden, to work on Ranunculaceae.[3][6]

In 1955, he was appointed the first Keeper of the State Herbarium of South Australia (1955–1972),[4] and then curator of the Herbarium Australiense (which later became the Australian National Herbarium), within the CSIRO division of Plant Industry, a position held from 1973 until his retirement in 1981.[4] In Canberra, he founded the journal, Brunonia.[3]

In 1993 the Australian Systematic Botany Society established the Hansjörg Eichler Research Fund in his honour, and makes awards for projects contributing to Australian systematic botany.[4] His personal herbarium of over 24, 000 specimens was divided between the State Herbarium of South Australia and the Australian National Herbarium.[2]

Work

In addition to his contributions to botany in his roles at the State Herbarium of South Australia and later at the Australian National Herbarium, he contributed both nationally and internationally via service on many committees:[4]

  • Committee for Spermatophyta, International Association for Plant Taxonomy (1968–1992)
  • Committee for Nomina Conservanda, International Association for Plant Taxonomy (1975–1981)
  • Special committee for Orthography, International Association for Plant Taxonomy (1982–1987)
  • Editorial committee World Pollen and Spore Flora (1972–1975)
  • Advisory committee, Australian Journal of Botany (1972–1977)
  • Editorial committee, Index Holmensis (1974–1992)
  • Chair, editorial board, Brunonia (1977–1982)
  • Editorial committee, Flora of Australia (1980–1985)

Selected publications

  • (1958) Revision der Ranunculaceen Malesiens. Stuttgart. (Trove listing – book)
  • – & Black, J.M. (1965) Supplement to J.M. Black's Flora of South Australia. (2nd Edition, 1943–1957). W.L. Hawes.
  • (1963) Some New Names and New Combinations Relevant to the Australian Flora. Taxon 12: 295–297. doi:10.2307/1216578
  • Benl, G, & – (1982) Ptilotus pedleyanus, a new species of Amaranthaceae from Queensland. Brunonia 4(2): 199–207. doi:10.1071/BRU9810199

Published names

APNI gives some 91 published names.[7] IPNI (with duplication) lists 152.[8]

Published names given by APNI (Australian Plant Name Index)
  1. Actinobole uliginosum (A.Gray) H.Eichler
  2. Agrostis spicatus H.Eichler, orth. var.
  3. Amyema miraculosa var. boormanii (Blakely) H.Eichler
  4. Amyema miraculosa (Miq.) Tiegh. var. miraculosa
  5. Aristida contorta var. hirsuta (Henrard) H.Eichler
  6. Asparagus medeloides H.Eichler, orth. var.
  7. Atriplex acutibracta H.Eichler, orth. var.
  8. Atriplex acutibracta subsp. acutibracta H.Eichler, orth. var.
  9. Atriplex acutibracta subsp. karonensis H.Eichler, orth. var.
  10. Atriplex cinerea var. adscendens (Nees) H.Eichler
  11. Atriplex leptocarpa f. inermis H.Eichler, nom. inval., nom. nud.
  12. Atriplex macropterocarpa (Aellen) H.Eichler
  13. Bulbinopsis semibarbata var. depilata (J.M.Black) H.Eichler
  14. Calandrinia neesiana H.Eichler
  15. Callistemon macropunctatus var. laevifolius (F.Muell. ex Miq.) H.Eichler
  16. Centaurium littoralis H.Eichler, orth. var.
  17. Clematis leptophylla (F.Muell. ex Benth.) H.Eichler
  18. Datura meteleoides H.Eichler, orth. var.
  19. Diplotaxis muralis var. caulescens H.Eichler, orth. var.
  20. Eucalyptus brachycalyx var. protrusa (J.M.Black) H.Eichler
  21. Eucalyptus clelandii H.Eichler, orth. var.
  22. Evax pygmea H.Eichler, orth. var.
  23. Exocarpos strictus var. syrticolus H.Eichler, orth. var.
  24. Filago pygmea H.Eichler, orth. var.
  25. Gasoul aitonis (Jacq.) H.Eichler
  26. Glochidion hirtellus (F.Muell.) H.Eichler
  27. Glochidion rhytidospermum (Müll.Arg.) H.Eichler
  28. Glochidion rigens (F.Muell.) H.Eichler
  29. Glochidion thesioides H.Eichler
  30. Glochidion trachyspermum (F.Muell.) H.Eichler
  31. Gnephosis foliata (Sond.) H.Eichler
  32. Hannafordia bissellii H.Eichler, orth. var.
  33. Helichrysum lindleyi H.Eichler
  34. Helichrysum monochaetum (F.Muell.) H.Eichler
  35. Helixia H.Eichler orth. var.
  36. Helixia setifolia H.Eichler, orth. var.
  37. Homalosciadium homalocarpum (F.Muell.) H.Eichler
  38. Hydrocotyle coorowensis H.Eichler MS
  39. Hydrocotyle coraginaensis H.Eichler MS
  40. Hydrocotyle crassipes H.Eichler MS
  41. Hydrocotyle decipiens H.Eichler MS
  42. Hydrocotyle foveolata H.Eichler
  43. Hydrocotyle hamelinensis H.Eichler MS
  44. Hydrocotyle sp. Harts Range (A.C.Beauglehole 44720) H.Eichler
  45. Hydrocotyle hexaptera H.Eichler MS
  46. Hydrocotyle puberula H.Eichler MS
  47. Hydrocotyle vigintimilia H.Eichler MS
  48. Hydrocotyle sp. Watarrka (A.C.Beauglehole 20471) H.Eichler
  49. Indigofera dominii H.Eichler, nom. illeg., nom. superfl.
  50. Lilaeopsis polyantha (Gand.) H.Eichler
  51. Luzula rhadiana H.Eichler, orth. var.
  52. Lysiana exocarpi (Behr) Tiegh. f. exocarpi
  53. Lysiana exocarpi f. flavescens (F.Muell. ex Miq.) H.Eichler
  54. Machaerina rubiginosa (Spreng.) H.Eichler, isonym
  55. Machaerina tetragona H.Eichler, nom. inval.
  56. Nymphoides crenatum H.Eichler, orth. var.
  57. Nymphoides exiliflorum H.Eichler, orth. var.
  58. Nymphoides geminatum H.Eichler, orth. var.
  59. Nymphoides stygia (J.M.Black) H.Eichler
  60. Nymphoides stygium H.Eichler, orth. var.
  61. Pectinellia H.Eichler, orth. var.
  62. Pectinellia griffithii H.Eichler, orth. var.
  63. Phyllanthus hirtellus var. parviflorus (J.M.Black) H.Eichler
  64. Platysace heterophylla var. tepperi (J.M.Black) H.Eichler
  65. Platysace rupestris H.Eichler MS
  66. Psychrophila phylloptera (A.W.Hill) H.Eichler
  67. Ptilotus helipteroides var. minor (J.M.Black) H.Eichler
  68. Ranunculus hamatosetosus H.Eichler
  69. Ranunculus lourteigiae H.Eichler
  70. Ranunculus pentandrus var. platycarpus (F.Muell.) H.Eichler
  71. Salicornia australasica (Moq.) H.Eichler
  72. Sarojusticia kempeana (F.Muell.) Bremek. ex H.Eichler
  73. Sarojusticia kempeana (F.Muell.) Bremek. ex H.Eichler subsp. kempeana
  74. Solanum symonii H.Eichler
  75. Swainsona sericea (A.T.Lee) J.M.Black ex H.Eichler
  76. Tetragonia amplexicoma H.Eichler, orth. var.
  77. Trachymene ornata var. semilanata (J.M.Black) H.Eichler
  78. Trianthema chrystallina H.Eichler, orth. var.
  79. Trianthema triquetra var. clavata H.Eichler, orth. var.
  80. Trianthema triquetrum var. clavatum (J.M.Black) H.Eichler
  81. Tribulopis affinis (W.Fitzg.) H.Eichler
  82. Tribulopis sessilis (Domin) H.Eichler
  83. Wahlenbergia fluminale E.Wimm. ex H.Eichler, orth. var.
  84. Wahlenbergia fluminalis (J.M.Black) E.Wimm. ex H.Eichler
  85. Zaleya galericulata (Melville) H.Eichler
  86. Zygophyllum angustifolium H.Eichler
  87. Zygophyllum aurantiacum var. eremaeum (Diels) H.Eichler
  88. Zygophyllum confluens H.Eichler
  89. Zygophyllum emarginatum H.Eichler
  90. Zygophyllum simile H.Eichler
  91. Zygophyllum sonderi H.Eichler

Honours

Some plants named for him

  • Chionogentias eichleri L.G.Adams (Gentianaceae) Austral. Syst. Bot. 8(5): 973 (1995)
  • Picris eichleri Lack & S.Holzapfel (Asteraceae) Willdenowia 23(1–2): 188. (1993)
  • Ptilotus eichlerianus Benl (Amaranthaceae) Mitteilungen der Botanischen Staatssammlung München 7: 310. (1970)
  • Ranunculus eichlerianus B.G.Briggs (Ranunculaceae) Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 84: 313 (1959)

See also

  • Taxa named by Hansjörg Eichler
  • Conn, B.J. (1981) 'Dr Hans-Jörg Eichler, on the occasion of his retirement', Australian Systematic Botany Society Newsletter, vol. 26, pp. 18–43.
  • Orchard, A. E. (1995) 'Hansjörg Eichler (1916–1992)', Taxon, vol. 44, pp. 271–8.
  • Orchard, Tony (2015) 'Memories of Hansjörg Eichler', Australasian Systematic Botany Society Newsletter, vol. 165, pp. 49–53.
  • Robertson, Enid L. (1993) 'Hansjörg Eichler 1 April 1916 – 22 June 1992', Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens, vol. 15, no. 81–5.

References

  1. ^ a b c d e Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria, Australian National Herbarium, Biographical Notes: Eichler, Hansjörg (1916–1992)
  2. ^ a b c Trove: Eichler, Hansjörg (1916–1992)
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j German wikipedia article: Hansjörg Eichler
  4. ^ a b c d e Encyclopaedia of Australian Science: Eichler, Hansjörg (1916–1992). Last modified 11 August 2016. Retrieved 16 September 2018.
  5. ^ International Plant Names Index.  H.Eichler.
  6. ^ Spanish wikipedia article: Hansjörg Eichler
  7. ^ "APNI: Search plant names for author H.Eichler".
  8. ^ "IPNI: Search plant names for author H.Eichler".
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