Ernest Friedrich Gilg
Ernest (or Ernst) Friedrich Gilg (12 January 1867 in Baden-Württemberg, Germany – 11 October 1933 in Berlin) was a German botanist.
Life
[edit]Gilg was curator of the Botanical Museum in Berlin. With fellow botanist Adolf Engler, he co-authored and published a syllabus on botanical families, Syllabus der Pflanzenfamilien (8th edition 1919).[1] He also made contributions to Engler's "Das Pflanzenreich", (e.g. the section on the family Monimiaceae).[2][3] The Poaceae grass genus, Gilgiochloa, was posthumously named after him. His spouse, Charlotte Gilg-Benedict (1872–1936), was co-author in some of his publications, and has the author abbreviation Gilg-Ben.
Work
[edit]- Pharmazeutische Warenkunde, published 1911
- Grundzüge der Botanik für Pharmazeuten, published 1921
- Lehrbuch der Pharmakognosie, Digital edition published 1905; 2nd edition published 1910; 3rd edition published 1922
Over the course of his life, Gilg was binomial author or co-author of many species of plants.[4] He named 42 species, subspecies, and sub-families of various grasses.
References
[edit]- ^ WorldCat Title Syllabus der Pflanzenfamilien
- ^ Bibliographie Der Deutschen Naturwissenschaftlichen Litteratur, Volumes 3-4
- ^ Google Books Das_Pflanzenreich, Monimiaceae
- ^ IPNI List of plants described or co-described by Gilg
- ^ International Plant Names Index. Gilg.
