Alwin Berger

Alwin Berger ( born August 28, 1871 in Möschlitz Schleiz, Thuringia, † April 21, 1931 in Stuttgart ) was a German botanist, gardener and Sukkulentenforscher. Its official botanical author abbreviation is " A.Berger "; earlier was also the abbreviation " Berger " in use.

Life and work

Berger was from 1897 to 1914 director of the botanical garden at Capo Mortola Hanbury near the municipality of Ventimiglia in Liguria Italy. From 1915 to 1926 he was head of the National Gardens Württemberg.

For factory The plant kingdom by Adolf Engler he wore Liliaceae - Asphodeloideae - Aloineae (1908 ) event; to whose work The natural plant families he steered for the 2nd Edition, Volume 18 (1930 ), the chapter on the family " Crassulaceae " at.

After Berger named taxa

The plant genera Bergeranthus Schwantes from the family of Mesembryanthemum plants ( Aizoaceae ) and Bergerocactus Britton & Rose from the cactus family ( Cactaceae ) have been named after him.

Writings (selection )

Journal articles

  • A Systematic Revision of the genus Cereus. In: Missouri Botanical Garden Annual Report. 1905, pp. 57-86 (online, JSTOR ).
  • About the systematic classification of the genus Aloe. In: Botanical yearbooks for systematics, plant history and geography of plants. Volume 36, Number 1, 1905, pp. 42-68 (online).
  • Roseocactus, a new genus of Cactaceae. In: Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences. Volume 15, 1925, pp. 43-48.
  • Succulent euphorbias. In 1907.
  • Liliaceae Asphodeloideae - Aloineae. In: Adolf Engler (ed.): The plant kingdom. Regni vegetablilis conspectus. Issue 33, Wilhelm Engelmann, Leipzig 1908 ( online).
  • Mesembrianthemen and Portulacaceen. Description and Instructions for determining the main species, with brief information about the culture. Ulmer, Stuttgart 1908 ( online).
  • Stapelien and Kleinien. , 1910.
  • Hortus mortolensis: Enumeratio plantarum in Horto Mortolensi cultarum. London 1912 (online).
  • The agaves. With 70 illustrations and 2 maps, Gustav Fischer Verlag, Jena, 1915 (online).
  • The lines of development of cacti. 1926
  • Cacti. In 1929.
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