Christian Leuckert

Christian Leuckert
Born(1930-03-27)March 27, 1930
Radeberg, near Dresden.
DiedJanuary 27, 2011(2011-01-27) (aged 80)
Berlin
Alma materUniversity of Leipzig; Free University of Berlin
AwardsAcharius Medal
Scientific career
Thesis “The lignan glycoside arctiin, as a chemotaxonomic feature in the family Compositae. (Das Lignanglykosid Arctiin, als chemotaxonomisches Merkmal in der Familie der Compositen)  (1965)
Doctoral advisorsRudolf Hänsel
Author abbrev. (botany)Leuckert

Christian Leuckert was a lichen taxonomist who applied the diversity of secondary metabolites within lichens as useful taxonomic criteria. He was Director of the Institute of Plant Systematics and Plant Geography at the Free University of Berlin from the 1970s until 1995.[1]

  1. ^ "Acharius Medallists Christian Leuckert". International Association for Lichenology. Archived from the original on 11 March 2007. Retrieved 20 September 2022.