Oskar von Kirchner explained

Emil Otto Oskar von Kirchner (15 September 1851, in Breslau  - 25 April 1925, in Venice) was a German botanist and agronomist.

He studied botany at the University of Breslau, receiving his doctorate in 1873 with a dissertation on the botanical writings of Theophrastus. After graduation, he worked as an assistant at the pomology institute of the agricultural academy in Proskau. From 1881 to 1917 he was a professor of botany at the Agricultural Academy in Hohenheim.^[1]

The phycological genera; Kirchneria (in the family Polypodiopsida),^[2] Kirchneriella (in the family Selenastraceae), Kirchneriellopsis^[3] and Kirchneriellosaccus,^[4] all commemorate his name.^{[5] [6]}

Selected works

• Die mikroskopische Pflanzen-und Thierwelt des Süsswassers (with Friedrich Blochmann, 1885/86)  - The microscopic freshwater plant and animal world.
• Die Krankheiten und Beschädigungen unserer landwirtschaftlichen Kulturpflanzen : eine Anleitung zu ihrer Erkennung und Bekämpfung fur Landwirte, Gärtner, 1890  - The diseases and damage to our agricultural crops, etc.
• Die Vegetation des Bodensees (with Carl Joseph Schröter, 1896)  - Vegetation of Lake Constance.
• Lebensgeschichte der Blütenpflanzen Mitteleuropas : spezielle Ökologie der Blütenpflanzen Deutschlands, Österreichs und der Schweiz (with Ernst Loew; Carl Joseph Schröter; Walther Wangerin, 1904)  - Life history of flowering plants in Central Europe.
• Blumen und insekten : ihre anpassungen aneinander und ihre gegenseitige abhängigkeit, 1911  - Flowers and insects: their adaptations to each other and their mutual dependence.^[7]

Notes and References

1. https://books.google.com/books?id=egrnBQAAQBAJ&dq=%22Kirchner%2C+Oskar%22+1851+Breslau&pg=PA141 Biographisches Handbuch zur Geschichte des Pflanzenbaus
2. Web site: Kirchneria C.F.W.Braun, 1854 . www.gbif.org . 5 May 2022 . en.
3. Web site: Kirchneriellopsis H.Kufferath, 1954 . www.gbif.org . 5 May 2022 . en.
4. Web site: Kirchneriellosaccus A.K.M.N.Islam, 1969 . www.gbif.org . 5 May 2022 . en.
5. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33068790#page/575/mode/1up BHL
6. Book: Burkhardt, Lotte . Eine Enzyklopädie zu eponymischen Pflanzennamen . Encyclopedia of eponymic plant names . Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin . 2022 . 978-3-946292-41-8 . pdf . German . Berlin . 10.3372/epolist2022 . 246307410 . January 27, 2022.
7. http://worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n98016409/ Most widely held works by O Kirchner