Oskar Eberhard Ulbrich

Oskar Eberhard Ulbrich (17 September 1879 in Berlin – 4 November 1952) was a German botanist and mycologist.

He studied natural sciences at University of Berlin, where his instructors included Adolf Engler (1844–1930) and Simon Schwendener (1829–1919). In 1926 he became a curator and professor at the Botanical Museum in Berlin, where in 1938 he was appointed director of the Hauptpilzstelle.[1]

Known for his intrafamilial investigations of the botanical families Amaranthaceae, Chenopodiaceae and Caryophyllaceae, in 1934 he subdivided Chenopodiaceae into eight subfamilies; Salicornioideae, Polycnemoideae, Chenopodioideae, Salsoloideae, et al.[2][3]

In 1911 he introduced usage of a color scheme to indicate geographical regions on herbarium specimens and fascicles.[4] The plant genus Ulbrichia from the family Malvaceae was named after him by Ignatz Urban (1848–1931).[5]

Selected publications

  • Die höheren Pilze: Basidiomycetes, third edition 1928 (with Gustav Lindau 1866-1923) - The higher fungi, Basidiomycetes.
  • Pflanzenkunde, 1920.[6]
  • Chenopodiaceae. - In: Adolf Engler & Karl Anton Eugen Prantl: Die natürlichen Pflanzenfamilien, second edition. volume 16c: S.379-585, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1934.[7]

References

  1. ↑ UZH - Zürcher Herbarien - Sammler Details (biographical information)
  2. ↑ American Journal of Botany 84(2): 253–273. 1997
  3. ↑ Flowering Plants. Dicotyledons: Magnoliid, Hamamelid and Caryophyllid Families edited by Klaus Kubitzki, Jens G. Rohwer, Volker Bittrich
  4. ↑ Biodiversity Heritage Library Taxonomic literature : a selective guide to botanical publications
  5. ↑ Google Books CRC World Dictionary of Plant Names: Common Names, Scientific Names, Eponyms ... by Umberto Quattrocchi
  6. ↑ WorldCat Titles (publications)
  7. ↑ Google Books Ökologische Forschung im globalen Kontext: Festschrift zum 65. Geburtstag ... by Siegmar-Walter Breckle
  8. ↑ IPNI.  Ulbr.
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