Ernest Friedrich Gilg

Ernest (or Ernst) Friedrich Gilg (12 January 1867 in Baden-Württemberg, Germany – 11 October 1933 in Berlin) was a German botanist.

Life

Gilg was curator of the Botanical Museum in Berlin. With fellow botanist Adolf Engler, he co-authored and published a syllabus on botanical families, Syllabus der Pflanzenfamilien (8th edition 1919).[1] He also made contributions to Engler's "Das Pflanzenreich", (e.g. the section on the family Monimiaceae).[2][3] The Poaceae grass genus, Gilgiochloa, was posthumously named after him. His spouse, Charlotte Gilg-Benedict (1872–1936), was co-author in some of his publications, and has the author abbreviation Gilg-Ben.

Work

  • Pharmazeutische Warenkunde, published 1911
  • Grundzüge der Botanik für Pharmazeuten, published 1921
  • Lehrbuch der Pharmakognosie, Digital edition published 1905; 2nd edition published 1910; 3rd edition published 1922

Over the course of his life, Gilg was binomial author or co-author of many species of plants.[4] He named 42 species, subspecies, and sub-families of various grasses.

The standard author abbreviation Gilg is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.[5]

References

  1. ^ WorldCat Title Syllabus der Pflanzenfamilien
  2. ^ Bibliographie Der Deutschen Naturwissenschaftlichen Litteratur, Volumes 3-4
  3. ^ Google Books Das_Pflanzenreich, Monimiaceae
  4. ^ IPNI List of plants described or co-described by Gilg
  5. ^ International Plant Names Index.  Gilg.