Eduard Palla

Eduard Palla
Born 3 September 1864 (1864-09-03)
Kremsier
Died 7 March 1922 (1922-03-08) (aged 57)
Graz
Occupation Austrian botanist

Eduard Palla (3 September 1864, Kremsier – 7 March 1922, Graz) was an Austrian botanist and mycologist of Moravian descent. As a botanist he specialized in research of Cyperaceae (sedges), of which he was the taxonomic authority of many species.[1]

From 1883 to 1887 he studied natural sciences at the University of Vienna, receiving his doctorate with a dissertation on the anatomy and systematics of Cyperaceae. Following graduation he worked as an assistant to Gottlieb Haberlandt at the University of Graz, where in 1891 he obtained his habilitation in botany. In 1900–01 he conducted investigations of sedges and tropical fungi on Java and Sumatra of the Dutch East Indies. In 1909 he became an associate professor at Graz, followed by a full professorship in 1913.[2][3]

Selected works

References

  1. IPNI List of plants described and co-described by Eduard Palla.
  2. Palla, Eduard NDB/ADB Deutsche Biographie
  3. Universitätsarchiv (Graz) Biographisches
  4. WorldCat Identities Most widely held works by Eduard Palla
  5. "Author Query for 'Palla'". International Plant Names Index.
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