Emil Otto Oskar von Kirchner (15 September 1851, in Breslau – 25 April 1925, in Venice) was a German botanist and agronomist.
He studied botany at the University of Breslau, receiving his doctorate in 1873 with a dissertation on the botanical writings of Theophrastus. After graduation, he worked as an assistant at the pomology institute of the agricultural academy in Proskau. From 1881 to 1917 he was a professor of botany at the Agricultural Academy in Hohenheim.[1]
The phycological genera; Kirchneria (in the family Polypodiopsida),[2] Kirchneriella (in the family Selenastraceae), Kirchneriellopsis[3] and Kirchneriellosaccus,[4] all commemorate his name.[5][6]
- ^ Biographisches Handbuch zur Geschichte des Pflanzenbaus by Wolfgang Böhm
- ^ "Kirchneria C.F.W.Braun, 1854". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 5 May 2022.
- ^ "Kirchneriellopsis H.Kufferath, 1954". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 5 May 2022.
- ^ "Kirchneriellosaccus A.K.M.N.Islam, 1969". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 5 May 2022.
- ^ BHL Taxonomic literature : a selective guide to botanical publications
- ^ 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. S2CID 246307410. Retrieved January 27, 2022.