Hanns Kreisel

Hanns Kreisel
Born(1931-07-16)16 July 1931
Died18 January 2017(2017-01-18) (aged 85)
Scientific career
Author abbrev. (botany)Kreisel

Hanns Kreisel (16 July 1931 – 18 January 2017) was a German mycologist and professor emeritus.

He was born in Leipzig in 1931. Kreisel was a professor at the University of Greifswald.[1] His field was the classification of fungi, where he has studied this group of organisms not only in Germany but in almost all continents, as in Brazil, Seychelles, Vietnam, Cuba and Syria. He had succeeded with his first collaboration to develop a scientifically sound and current fungal flora of Yemen. Kreisel also specialized in the fungal groups of gut fungi.

Kreisel was also the editor of several international scientific journals. He died in January 2017 at Wolgast.[2]

The standard author abbreviation Kreisel is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.[3]
  1. ^ Burkhardt, Lotte (2022). Eine Enzyklopädie zu eponymischen Pflanzennamen [Encyclopedia of eponymic plant names] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2022. ISBN 978-3-946292-41-8. Retrieved January 27, 2022.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference Lindequist 2017 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ International Plant Names Index.  Kreisel.