Albert Thellung (12 May 1881 – 26 June 1928) was a

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botanist. He was a professor at the

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. The Austrian botanist Otto Stapf named the plant genus ''Thellungia'' of the grass family, Poaceae, after him, and

Otto Eugen Schulz Otto Eugen Schulz (31 October 1874 – 17 February 1936) was a German botanist, born in Berlin. He was the brother of botanist Roman Schulz (1873–1926). He published important systematic treatments of the families Brassicaceae (then known as Cr ...

named the genus ''

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'' (family

Brassicaceae Brassicaceae () or (the older) Cruciferae () is a medium-sized and economically important family of flowering plants commonly known as the mustards, the crucifers, or the cabbage family. Most are herbaceous plants, while some are shrubs. The l ...

) in his honor. Thellung made contributions to the third (1909–14) and fourth (1923) editions of

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and Keller's ''Flora der Schweiz''.Biodiversity Heritage Library
(publications)

Works

*''Illustrierte Flora von Mittel-Europa'' 1906 *''Die Gattung Lepidium (L.) R. Br. : eine monographische Studie'' 1906 *''La flore adventice de Montpellier'' 1912 *''Flora der Schweiz - Kritische Flora'', 1914 *''Flora der Schweiz - Exkursionsflora'', 1923 *''Die Entstehung der Kulturpflanzen'' 1930

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* 1881 births 1928 deaths Scientists from Zürich 20th-century Swiss botanists {{switzerland-botanist-stub