Robert Knud Friedrich Pilger

Botanist, Deceased Person

1876 – 1953

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Who was Robert Knud Friedrich Pilger?

Robert Knud Friedrich Pilger was a German botanist, who specialised in the study of conifers.

He collected plants in the Mato Grosso of Brazil and from 1945 to 1950 was director of the botanical garden at Berlin-Dahlem.

The genera Pilgerodendron Florin and Pilgerochloa Eig are named in his honour.

Pilger, R.. Phylogenie und Systematik der Coniferae. In: Engler, A., & Prantl, K. A. E.. Die natürlichen Pflanzenfamilien XIII. Leipzig.

Pilger, R.. Pinaceae. In: Urban, I.. Plantae Haitienses III. Ark. Bot. 20: A15: 9-10.

Pilger, R.. Die Gattung Juniperus L. Mitt. Deutsch. Dendrol. Ges. 43: 255-269.

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Born
Jul 3, 1876
Heligoland
Nationality
  • Germany
Profession
Died
Jan 9, 1953
Berlin

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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