Emil Johann Lambert Heinricher

Who was Emil Johann Lambert Heinricher?

Emil Johann Lambert Heinricher was an Austrian botanist from Laibach.

In 1879 he received his doctorate from the University of Graz, where after graduation, he served as an assistant to botanist Hubert Leitgeb. In 1889 he became an associate professor of botany, followed by a full professorship at the University of Innsbruck in 1891. While at Innsbruck he created a new botanical garden in nearby Hötting. In 1903/04 he took part in a study trip to Java, being supported by the Austrian Academy of Sciences. While there he worked for a time at the Buitenzorg Botanical Gardens.

Heinricher is known for his research involving the morphology, developmental history, ecology and physiology of parasitic spermatophytes. He performed detailed studies of toothwort and mistletoe species, including investigations involving pear tree immunity in regards to mistletoe.

Heinricher also conducted studies on flower construction anomalies and their importance in understanding its phylogenetics, adventitious buds on the frond lamina of ferns from an evolutionary and morphological perspective, the effects of light and substrate on seed germination, isolateral leaf construction in plants being exposed to strong sunlight, to name a few.