Alexander Gilli

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Alexander Gilli (29 April 1904 - 16 May 2007) was an Austrian botanist and pteridologist.^[1] He was a pioneer in research on plant communities.

The standard author abbreviation Gilli is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.^[2]

Some publications

1968. Afghanische Pflanzengesellschaften. Vegetatio 16 (5/6): 307—375 doi 10.1007/BF00257022
1979. Beiträge zur Flora von Papua-New Guinea, II. Dicotyledones. Ann. des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien 83: 417—474

Honors

Corresponding member of the "Naturhistorisches Museum"^[3]

Eponyms

Several species are named after Gilli, including:

(Alliaceae) Allium gillii Wendelbo^[4]
(Plumbaginaceae) Acantholimon gillii Rech.f. & Koeie^[5]

References

^ Federal Agency for Agriculture and Food^{[dead link]}
^ International Plant Names Index. Gilli.
^ 1983 Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien: Für Botanik und Zoologie, Volumen 84
^ K. Danske Vid. Selsk., Biol. Skrift. x. No. 3 (Symb. Afghan. IV) 176 1959 (IK)
^ K. Danske Vid. Selsk. Biol. Skrift. xiii. No. 4 (Symb. Afghan. v) 162 1963 (IK)