Robert Knud Friedrich Pilger Explained

Robert Knud Friedrich Pilger (3 July 1876, Helgoland  - 1 September 1953, Berlin) ^[1] 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.^{[1] [2]}

The genera; Pilgerodendron Florin (Cupressaceae),^[3] Pilgerina (family Santalaceae),^[4] and Pilgerochloa Eig (Poaceae) are all named in his honour.^[2]

Selected bibliography

• Pilger, R. (1926). Phylogenie und Systematik der Coniferae. In: Engler, A., & Prantl, K. A. E. (eds.). Die natürlichen Pflanzenfamilien XIII. Leipzig.
• Pilger, R. (1926). Pinaceae. In: Urban, I. (ed.). Plantae Haitienses III. Ark. Bot. 20 (4): A15: 9–10.
• Pilger, R. (1931). Die Gattung Juniperus L. Mitt. Deutsch. Dendrol. Ges. 43: 255–269.

Notes and References

1. http://www.herbarien.uzh.ch/static/database/sammlerdetails_de.php?fontsize=normal&id=7490 Universität Zürich UZH
2. https://books.google.com/books?id=8ieqQs7hIREC&dq=Pilger+Pilgerochloa&pg=PA1720 Google Books
3. http://www.conifers.org/cu/Pilgerodendron.php The Gymnosperm Database
4. Web site: Pilgerina Z.S.Rogers, Nickrent & Malécot Plants of the World Online Kew Science . Plants of the World Online . 22 May 2021 . en.