Christian Luerssen, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetChristian Luerssen
German botanist
Date of Birth: 
Place of Birth: Bremen, Germany
About Christian Luerssen
- Christian Luerssen (6 May 1843, Bremen – 28 June 1916) was a German botanist.
- He was an authority in the field of pteridology. In 1872, at Leipzig, he graduated as a university teacher of botany, and was later appointed professor of botany at the Forest Academy at Neustadt-Eberswalde (1884).
- From 1888, he served as a professor at the University of Königsberg.
- After his death, a portion of his botanical collection (including European pteridophytes) was donated by Otto Bjurling to the Swedish Museum of Natural History.Luerssen was the taxonomic authority of the family Sciadopityaceae (1877).
- He has a number of plant species named after him, such as Koeleria luerssenii (grass species) and Cassia luerssenii (family Fabaceae).
Read more at Wikipedia
See Also
- Famous People's Birthdays on 06 May, Germany
- Famous People's Birthdays in May, Germany
- Famous university teacher's Birthdays on 06 May, Germany
- Famous university teacher's Birthdays in May, Germany
- Famous botanist's Birthdays on 06 May, Germany
- Famous botanist's Birthdays in May, Germany
- Famous pteridologist's Birthdays on 06 May, Germany
- Famous pteridologist's Birthdays in May, Germany