Konrad Hermann Heinrich Christ (12 December 1833, in

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– 23 November 1933, in Riehen), often known in citations as just "Christ" or "H. Christ", was a Swiss botanist who specialized in pteridology (ferns). He studied law at the universities of

and

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, receiving his doctorate at Basel in 1856. From 1869 to 1908 he worked as a lawyer and notary in Basel. In his spare time and during retirement he engaged in botanical pursuits, publishing over 300 works on topics such as

plant geography Phytogeography (from Greek φυτόν, ''phytón'' = "plant" and γεωγραφία, ''geographía'' = "geography" meaning also distribution) or botanical geography is the branch of biogeography that is concerned with the geographic distribution o ...

systematics Systematics is the study of the diversification of living forms, both past and present, and the relationships among living things through time. Relationships are visualized as evolutionary trees (synonyms: phylogenetic trees, phylogenies). Phy ...

and history of botany. The fern genus '' Christella'' is named in his honour.

Publications

* ''Das Pflanzenleben der Schweiz,'' 1879 *Christ, Hermann: "Die Botrychium-Arten des Austral Amerika." ''Arkiv for Botanik'', Vol. 6, NO. 3. Stockholm, Sweden. 1906. German. *Christ, Hermann: ''Die Farnkräuter der Erde he Ferns of the World Beschreibende Darstellung der Geschlechter und wichtigeren Arten der Farnpflanzen mit besonderer Berücksichtigung der exotischen.'' Gustav Fischer, Jena. 1897. xii,388pp, 292 text-illustrations, 260mm. German. *Christ, Hermann: ''Die Farnkräuter der Schweiz he Ferns of Switzerland'' Beiträge zur Kryptogamenflora der Schweiz, Vol. 1, Part 2. Bern, Switzerland. 1900. German. *Christ, Hermann: ''Die Geographie der Farne eography of the Ferns'' Jena. 1910. German. *Christ, Hermann: "Über die australen Polystichum-Arten." ''Arkiv for Botanik'', Vol. 4, no. 12. Stockholm, Sweden. 1905. German.

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Pteridologists 19th-century Swiss botanists University of Basel alumni 1833 births 1933 deaths 20th-century Swiss botanists {{switzerland-botanist-stub