Johannes Mildbraed

Johannes Mildbraed: Gottfried Wilhelm Johannes Mildbraed (1879–1954) was a German botanist that specialized in mosses, ferns, and various spermatophytes. He is well-known for authoring the most current monograph and taxonomic treatment of the family Stylidiaceae in 1908 as part of the unfinished Das Pflanzenreich series.^[1] The genus Mildbraediodendron was named in honor of him.^[2]

The standard author abbreviation Mildbr. is used to indicate this individual as the author when citing a botanical name.^[3]

References

^ Gottfried Wilhelm Johannes Mildbraed (1908). Stylidiaceae. Engelmann. http://books.google.com/books?id=fs5AQQAACAAJ. Retrieved 24 October 2010.

^ Quattrocchi, U. 1999. CRC World Dictionary of Plant Names: Common Names, Scientific Names, Eponyms, Synonyms, and Etymology. CRC Press. pp. 1691. ISBN 978-0849326776

^ "Author Query". International Plant Names Index. http://www.ipni.org/ipni/authorsearchpage.do.

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