Paul Aellen (1896–1973) was a Swiss botanist, teacher, and plant collector. He specialized in the

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and the flora of

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, and contributed to the '' Flora Iranica'' project. He co-founded the Société de Botanique de Bâle in 1952, and also co-founded the journal ''Bauhinia''.Aellen, Paul (1896-1973)
JSTOR Global Plants. Retrieved 7 April 2024. He was a plant collector who established an herbarium at

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designated PAE. It was later transferred to Geneva and is now incorporated into the general herbarium collection at the

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Aellen named and published 413 plants.Aellen, Paul (1896-1973)
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''. Retrieved 7 April 2024. In 1934

Oskar Eberhard Ulbrich Oskar Eberhard Ulbrich (17 September 1879 – 4 November 1952) was a German botanist and mycologist. Ulbrich was born in Berlin. He studied natural sciences at the University of Berlin, where his instructors included Adolf Engler (1844–1930) and ...

named the genus '' Aellenia'' in Aellen's honor in 1934. Other plants have been named after Aellen, including ''Marrubium aellenii'' , ''Atriplex aellenii'' , ''Caroxylon aellenii'' , and others.

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1896 births 1973 deaths 20th-century Swiss botanists {{Botanist-stub