Oskar von Kirchner
{{Short description|German botanist and agronomist (1851–1925)}}
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.[https://books.google.com/books?id=egrnBQAAQBAJ&dq=%22Kirchner%2C+Oskar%22+1851+Breslau&pg=PA141 Biographisches Handbuch zur Geschichte des Pflanzenbaus] by Wolfgang Böhm
The phycological genera; Kirchneria (in the family Polypodiopsida),{{cite web |title=Kirchneria C.F.W.Braun, 1854 |url=https://www.gbif.org/species/3229121 |website=www.gbif.org |access-date=5 May 2022 |language=en}} Kirchneriella (in the family Selenastraceae), Kirchneriellopsis{{cite web |title=Kirchneriellopsis H.Kufferath, 1954 |url=https://www.gbif.org/species/4903635 |website=www.gbif.org |access-date=5 May 2022 |language=en}} and Kirchneriellosaccus,{{cite web |title=Kirchneriellosaccus A.K.M.N.Islam, 1969 |url=https://www.gbif.org/species/2641220 |website=www.gbif.org |access-date=5 May 2022 |language=en}} all commemorate his name.[https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33068790#page/575/mode/1up BHL] Taxonomic literature : a selective guide to botanical publications{{cite book | last=Burkhardt | first=Lotte | title=Eine Enzyklopädie zu eponymischen Pflanzennamen |trans-title=Encyclopedia of eponymic plant names | publisher=Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin | year=2022 | isbn=978-3-946292-41-8 | url=https://doi.org/10.3372/epolist2022|format=pdf |language=German |location=Berlin | doi=10.3372/epolist2022 | s2cid=246307410 |access-date=January 27, 2022}}
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.[http://worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n98016409/ Most widely held works by O Kirchner] WorldCat Identities
{{Botanist|Kirchn.|Kirchner, Oskar von}}
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Category:Scientists from the Kingdom of Prussia
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