Johann Otto Boeckeler

Johann Otto Boeckeler (12 August 1803 – 5 March 1899) was a German apothecary-botanist of Oldenburg. He specialized in the plant family Cyperaceae (sedges),[1] of which, he was the binomial authority of many species.[2]

He is commemorated with the genus Boeckeleria and the species Bulbostylis boeckeleriana.[3][4]

  1. ^ A California Flora: And Supplement, Volumes 1-2 by Philip Alexander Munz
  2. ^ IPNI List of plants described and co-described by Boeckeler.
  3. ^ The Eponym Dictionary of Southern African Plants Plant Names A-B
  4. ^ The Plant List Bulbostylis boeckeleriana (Schweinf.) Beetle