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Mar 25, 1844 Żagań, Lubusz Voivodeship, Poland Died on 10 Oct 1930 (aged 86)
German botanist
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About Adolf Engler
- Heinrich Gustav Adolf Engler (25 March 1844 – 10 October 1930) was a German botanist.
- He is notable for his work on plant taxonomy and phytogeography, such as Die natürlichen Pflanzenfamilien (The Natural Plant Families), edited with Karl A.
- E.
- von Prantl. Even now, his system of plant classification, the Engler system, is still used by many herbaria and is followed by writers of many manuals and floras.
- It is still the only system that treats all 'plants' (in the wider sense, algae to flowering plants) in such depth.Engler published a prodigious number of taxonomic works.
- He used various artists to illustrate his books, notably Joseph Pohl (1864–1939), an illustrator who had served an apprenticeship as a wood-engraver.
- Pohl's skill drew Engler's attention, starting a collaboration of some 40 years.
- Pohl produced more than 33 000 drawings in 6 000 plates for Die naturlichen Pflanzenfamilien.
- He also illustrated Das Pflanzenreich (1900–1953), Die Pflanzenwelt Afrikas (1908–1910), Monographien afrikanischer Pflanzenfamilien (1898–1904) and the journals Engler's botanische Jahrbücher.
