Wilhelm Mönkemeyer Explained
Wilhelm Mönkemeyer (24 December 1862, in Stadtoldendorf – 1 March 1938, in Leipzig) was a German bryologist.
In 1883–85 he worked as a botanical collector in tropical Africa (present-day Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon and Nigeria).[1] [2] In 1887 he began work as an Obergehilfe (upper assistant) at the botanical garden of Göttingen and from 1889 to 1928 served as a garden inspector at the botanical garden in Leipzig.[3]
His moss herbarium was sold to the Botanical Institute in Hamburg.[3] Taxa with the specific epithet of moenkemeyeri commemorate his name, an example being Riccia moenkemeyeri.[4]
Selected writings
- Die Sumpf- und Wasserpflanzen ihre Beschreibung, Kultur und Verwendung, (Marsh and aquatic plants, their description, culture and use); (1897).[5]
- Bryales (mosses). - In: A. Pascher, Süsswasser-flora. Deutschlands, Österreichs und der Schweiz. Gustav Fischer, Jena. 14: 39-168, (1914).
- Die Laubmoose Europas (The mosses of Europe). - In: L. Rabenhorst, Kryptogamen-Flora von Deutschland, Österreich und der Schweiz, 2nd Edition, Volume 4, Supplement. Akademische Verlagsgesellschaft, Leipzig. 960 pp. (1927)
- Bryales (mosses). - In: A. Pascher: Süßwasser-flora Mitteleuropas, 2nd edition, Gustav Fischer, Jena. 14: 47-197. (1931).[3]
Notes and References
- https://books.google.com/books?id=2an5IcZDwC4C&dq=%22M%C3%B6nkemeyer%2C+Wilhelm%22+1862&pg=PA125 Göttinger Biologen 1737-1945: eine biographisch-bibliographische Liste
- http://plants.jstor.org/person/bm000065845?history=true JSTOR Global Plants
- http://www.swissbryophytes.ch/content/geschichte-der-bryologie/bryologen?personen_id=478 History of bryology in Switzerland
- http://www.calflora.net/southafrica/1L-O.html The Eponym Dictionary of Southern African Plants
- http://orlabs.oclc.org/identities/viaf-166254255/ WorldCat Identities
