Oskar von Kirchner


Emil Otto Oskar von Kirchner was a German botanist and agronomist.
He studied botany at the University of Breslau, receiving his doctorate in 1873 with a dissertation on the botanical writings of Theophrastus. After graduation, he worked as an assistant at the pomology institute of the agricultural academy in Proskau. From 1881 to 1917 he was a professor of botany at the Agricultural Academy in Hohenheim.
The phycological genera Kirchneriella, Kirchneriellopsis and Kirchneriellosaccus commemorate his name.

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