Christian Luerssen Explained

Christian Luerssen (6 May 1843, Bremen  - 28 June 1916) was a German botanist. He was an authority in the field of pteridology.

In 1872, at Leipzig, he graduated as a university teacher of botany, and was later appointed professor of botany at the Forest Academy at Neustadt-Eberswalde (1884). From 1888, he served as a professor at the University of Königsberg.^[1] After his death, a portion of his botanical collection (including European pteridophytes) was donated by Otto Bjurling to the Swedish Museum of Natural History.^[2]

Luerssen was the taxonomic authority of the family Sciadopityaceae (1877).^[3] He has a number of plant species named after him, such as Koeleria luerssenii (grass species) and Cassia luerssenii (family Fabaceae).^[4]

Written works

• Filices Graeffeanae. Beitrag zur kenntniss der farnflora der Viti-, Samoa-, Tonga- und Ellice's inseln, 1871 - Contribution to the knowledge of ferns of Viti Levu, Samoa, Tonga and the Ellice Islands.
• Grundzüge der Botanik (11 editions between 1877 and 1893) - Basics of botany.
• Die Farnpflanzen, oder, Gefassbündelkryptogamen (Pteridophyta) - Ferns, or vascular-bundle cryptogams (Pteridophyta).
• Handbuch der systematischen botanik, mit besonderer berücksichtigung der arzneipflanzen. Volume 1, 1879 - Manual of plant systematics, with special consideration to medicinal plants.
• Die Pflanzen der Pharmacopoea germanica botanisch erläutert, 1883 - Plants of the Pharmacopoeia Germanica botanical explained.
• Die einführung japanischer waldbäume in die deutschen forsten, 1885 - Introduction of Japanese forest trees into German forests.^{[5] [6]}

Notes and References

1. https://books.google.com/books?id=XPYzAQAAMAAJ&dq=%22Christian+Luerssen%22+Eberswalde+K%C3%B6nigsberg&pg=PA330 Real-Enzyklopädie der gesamten Pharmazie: Handwörterbuch ..., Volume 8, Part 1
2. http://www.nrm.se/english/themuseum/aboutourwebsite/search.52_en.html?query=herbarium&x=0&y=0 Naturhistoriska riksmuseet
3. http://paleodb.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?action=checkTaxonInfo&is_real_user=1&taxon_no=54796 Paleobiology Database
4. https://books.google.com/books?id=8ieqQs7hIREC&dq=%22Christian+Luerssen%22+1843&pg=PA1167 CRC World Dictionary of Grasses: Common Names, Scientific Names ..., Volume 1
5. http://www.worldcat.org/identities/np-luerssen,%20christian$1843 WorldCat Identities
6. http://www.worldcat.org/identities/np-luerssen,%20christian$1843%201916 WorldCat Identities