Benl, Gerhard (1910-2001)

Herbarium
Natural History Museum (BM)
Collection
Plant Collectors
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Contributor
Natural History Museum (BM)
First name(s)
Gerhard
Last name
Benl
Initials
G.
Life Dates
1910 - 2001
Collecting Dates
1937 - 1986
Specification
Plant collector
Groups collected
Pteridophytes
Spermatophytes
Organisation(s)
AD, ADW (currently AD), B, BM, CANB, CBG (currently CANB), FR, K, M, PERTH
Countries
West African Islands: Canary Islands, MadeiraAustralasia: AustraliaTropical Africa: Cameroon, Equatorial GuineaEurope: Croatia, GermanyNorth Africa: Libya, TunisiaMalesian region: MalaysiaCaribbean region: MartiniqueMascarenes: MauritiusIndian region: Sri LankaIndo-China: Thailand
Associate(s)
Benl, Ursula (1923-) (co-collector, wife)
Biography
German systematic botanist and teacher. Benl was born in Nuremburg and graduated from the University of Munich. He worked as a schoolteacher in Munich from 1934-1973, meanwhile continuing his botanical studies, which focussed on the genus Ptilotus (Amaranthaceae) and ferns of tropical West Africa. He was associated with the state herbarium in Munich from 1946.

Sources:
H. Hertel, 2002, "Nachruf auf Dr. Gerhard Benl", Sendtnera 8: 195-204
W. Lippert, 2002, "Dr. Gerhard Benl 18/12/1910-29/8/2001", Berichte der Bayersichen Botanischen Gesellschaft zur Erforschung der heimischen Flora, 72: 205-207
A. Paul, " Dr Gerhard Benl 1910-2001", British Pteridological Society Bulletin, 5(6): 352.
References
Brummitt, R.K. & Powell, C.E., Authors Pl. Names (1992): 59;
Benl, Gerhard (1910-2001)
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