Alexander Gilli (29 April 1904 - 16 May 2007) was an Austrian botanist and pteridologist. He was a pioneer in research on plant communities.

Some publications

* 1968. ''Afghanische Pflanzengesellschaften''. Vegetatio 16 (5/6): 307—375 doi 10.1007/BF00257022 * 1979. ''Beiträge zur Flora von Papua-New Guinea, II. Dicotyledones''. Ann. des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien 83: 417—474

Honors

*Corresponding member of the "Naturhistorisches Museum"

Eponyms

Several species are named after Gilli, including: * (

Alliaceae Allioideae is a subfamily of monocot flowering plants in the family Amaryllidaceae, order Asparagales. It was formerly treated as a separate family, Alliaceae. The subfamily name is derived from the generic name of the type genus, ''Allium''. ...

) '' Allium gillii''

Wendelbo Per Erland Berg Wendelbo (19 September 1927 – 25 September 1981) was a Norwegian botanist. He was born in Oslo, a son of physician Per Kristian Lund Wendelbo and textile designer Sigrun Berg, and grandson of judge and politician Paal Berg ...

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Plumbaginaceae Plumbaginaceae is a family (biology), family of flowering plants, with a cosmopolitan distribution. The family is sometimes referred to as the leadwort family or the plumbago family. Most species in this family are perennial plant, perennial h ...

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Acantholimon gillii ''Acantholimon gillii'' is a species of plant described by Karl Heinz Rechinger and Mogens Engell Köie. ''Acantholimon gillii'' is part of the genus ''Acantholimon'' and the family Plumbaginaceae Plumbaginaceae is a family (biology), fami ...

'' Rech.f. & KoeieK. Danske Vid. Selsk. Biol. Skrift. xiii. No. 4 (Symb. Afghan. v) 162 1963 (IK)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Gilli, Alexander 20th-century Austrian botanists 1904 births 2007 deaths