Hermann August Theodor Harms (16 July 1870 – 27 November 1942) was a German taxonomist and botanist.
Hermann Harms | |
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| Born | Hermann Harms 16 July 1870 |
| Died | 27 November 1942 (aged 72) |
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| Fields | Botany |
| Author abbrev. (botany) | Harms |
Harms was born in Berlin. He worked as a botanist at the Botanical Museum in Berlin. He was a member of the Prussian Academy of Sciences. He died in Berlin, aged 72. The standard author abbreviation Harms is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.[1]
He was longtime editor of Adolf Engler's "Das Pflanzenreich", and was the author of several chapters on various plant families in Engler and Prantl's "Die Natürlichen Pflanzenfamilien", including the chapters on Bromeliaceae (1930) and Nepenthaceae (1936). In the latter he revised the pitcher plant genus Nepenthes, dividing it into three subgenera: Anurosperma, Eunepenthes and Mesonepenthes (see Taxonomy of Nepenthes). Furthermore, he was interested in the genus Passiflora.
The plant genera Harmsia, Harmsiella (now Moluccella), Harmsiodoxa and Harmsiopanax are named in his honour.[2][3]
Publications
[edit]- Genera siphonogamarum ad systematic Englerianum conscripta. Leipzig: G. Engelmann, 1900–1907, with Karl Wilhelm von Dalla Torre (1850-1928).
- Cucurbitaceae Cucurbiteae-Cucumerinae. Leipzig: Engelmann, 1924 (reprinted Wiley 1966), with Alfred Cogniaux (1841-1916).
References
[edit]- ^ International Plant Names Index. Harms.
- ^ "Etimologia dei nomi botanici e micologici". Acta plantarum. Archived from the original on 24 March 2016. Retrieved 23 September 2025.
- ^ Quattrocchi, Umberto (2000). CRC World Dictionary of Plant Names. Vol. 2, D–L. Boca Raton, Florida: CRC Press. ISBN 978-0-8493-2676-9.
External links
[edit]- Works by or about Hermann Harms at the Internet Archive
- Listing at IPNI
- WorldCat Titles (list of publications)
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