Ernst Schelle (1864–1945) was a German botanist who specialized in

cacti A cactus (: cacti, cactuses, or less commonly, cactus) is a member of the plant family Cactaceae (), a family of the order Caryophyllales comprising about 127 genera with some 1,750 known species. The word ''cactus'' derives, through Latin, ...

. He was employed as Inspector of the botanical gardens in Tübingen. The

grass Poaceae ( ), also called Gramineae ( ), is a large and nearly ubiquitous family (biology), family of monocotyledonous flowering plants commonly known as grasses. It includes the cereal grasses, bamboos, the grasses of natural grassland and spe ...

species '' Helictotrichon schellianum'' (

Hack. Eduard Hackel (17 March 1850 in Haida, Bohemia – 2 February 1926 in Attersee, Upper Austria) was an Austrian botanist. His father was a veterinarian in Haida (now Nový Bor) in Bohemia. He was married and had one son. Hackel studied at the Po ...

) Kitag. is named for him.

Publications

* ''Handbuch der Laubholz-Benenung'', 1903 (with

Ludwig Beissner Ludwig Beissner (6 July 1843 – 21 December 1927) was a German horticulturalist and dendrologist born in Ludwigslust, Mecklenburg-Schwerin. From 1887 to 1913, Beissner was inspector of the botanical gardens of Bonn. He was an author of a popula ...

Hermann Zabel Hermann Zabel (22 September 1832, Neu-Katzow – 26 April 1912, Gotha) was a German botanist who specialized in the field of dendrology. From 1854 to 1860 he was employed as an assistant at the botanical garden and museum in Greifswald. From 1869 ...

) – Handbook of

deciduous tree In the fields of horticulture and botany, the term deciduous () means "falling off at maturity" and "tending to fall off", in reference to trees and shrubs that seasonally shed leaves, usually in the autumn; to the shedding of petals, after flo ...

designation. * ''Handbuch der kakteenkultur: Kurze beschreibung der meisten gegenwärtig im handel befindlichen kakteen, nebst angabe zu deren pflege. Für gärtner und kakteenliebhaber zusammengestellt'', 1907 – Handbook of cacti culture, etc. * ''Die winterharten Nadelhölzer Mitteleuropas'', 1909 – Hardy

conifer Conifers () are a group of conifer cone, cone-bearing Spermatophyte, seed plants, a subset of gymnosperms. Scientifically, they make up the phylum, division Pinophyta (), also known as Coniferophyta () or Coniferae. The division contains a sin ...

s of mid-Europe. * ''Der Blumengarten. Anleitung zur Anlage, Bepflanzung und Pflege eines einfachen Ziergartens'', 1912 – The flower garden. Instructions for installation, planting and maintenance of a simple decorative garden. * ''Wörterbuch der botanischen Kunstsprache für Gärtner, Gartenfreunde und Gartenbauzöglinge'', 1912 (with Karl Salomon) – Dictionary of botanical technical language for gardeners, garden lovers and

horticulture Horticulture (from ) is the art and science of growing fruits, vegetables, flowers, trees, shrubs and ornamental plants. Horticulture is commonly associated with the more professional and technical aspects of plant cultivation on a smaller and mo ...

students. * ''Botanisches und gärtnerisches Wörterbuch'', 1921 (with Karl Salomon) – Botanical and gardening dictionary. * ''Kakteen: Kurze Beschreibung nebst Angaben über die Kultur der gegenwärtig im Handel befindlichen Arten und Formen'', 1926 – Cacti. Brief description along with information on the culture of types and forms, etc.Google Search
publications

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19th-century German botanists German horticulturists German gardeners 1864 births 1945 deaths 20th-century German botanists {{germany-botanist-stub