Emil Friedrich Knoblauch

Emil Friedrich Knoblauch (2 December 1864 – 10 February 1936) was a German botanist.

Personal life

Knoblauch was born and raised in Groß Karnitten, Kreis Mohrungen. He studied at the University of Königsberg, obtaining his PhD in 1888. Later, he was associated with the botanical garden and museum in Göttingen.

He identified numerous species within the family Oleaceae, and was the taxonomic authority of the genera Leuranthus and Noldeanthus.

Published works

He was editor of the sections on Oleaceae and Salvadoraceae in Engler and Prantl's Die Natürlichen Pflanzenfamilien. In Eugenius Warming's Handbuch der systematischen botanik (A handbook of systematic botany), he authored a revision of the "Fungi" section(s). Other noteworthy written efforts by Knoblauch include:

The standard author abbreviation Knobl. is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.

References

  1. ↑ Wagenitz, Gerhard (1988). Göttinger Biologen 1737-1945: eine biographisch-bibliographische Liste (in German). Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht. ISBN 978-3-525-35876-4.
  2. ↑ IPNI List of plants described and co-described by Knoblauch.
  3. ↑ International Plant Names Index. Knobl.