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| death_date = {{death date and age|df=y|1992|6|22|1916|4|1}}<ref name=anbg/>
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=y|1992|6|22|1916|4|1}}<ref name=anbg/>
| death_place = [[Berlin]]<ref name=anbg/>
| death_place = [[Berlin]]<ref name=anbg/>
| residence = [[Canberra]], Australia<ref name=anbg/>
| citizenship = German, Australian
| citizenship = German, Australian
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| field = [[Botany]]
| field = [[Botany]]
| work_institutions = [[Naturalis Biodiversity Center|Nationaal Natuurhistorisch Museum Naturalis]] in Leiden, [[State Herbarium of South Australia]], [[Australian National Herbarium]]<ref name=anbg/>
| work_institutions = [[Naturalis Biodiversity Center|Nationaal Natuurhistorisch Museum Naturalis]] in Leiden, [[State Herbarium of South Australia]], [[Australian National Herbarium]],<ref name=anbg/> [[University of Adelaide]]<ref name=trove/>
| alma_mater = [[Berlin-Dahlem Botanical Garden and Botanical Museum|Berlin-Dahlem Botanical Museum]] [[University of Halle-Wittenberg]]<ref name=de/>
| alma_mater = [[Berlin-Dahlem Botanical Garden and Botanical Museum|Berlin-Dahlem Botanical Museum]] [[University of Halle-Wittenberg]]<ref name=de/>
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'''Hansjörg Eichler''' (April 1, 1916 - June 22, 1992) was a German-born botanist, educated in Europe, who worked in Europe and Australia, and whose greatest contribution was to Australian botany.<ref name=trove/><ref name=EAS/>
'''Hansjörg Eichler''' (1 April 1916 – 22 June 1992) was a German-born botanist, educated in Europe, who worked in Europe and Australia, and whose greatest contribution was to Australian botany.<ref name=trove/><ref name=EAS/>


{{botanist|H.Eichler|inline=yes}}
{{botanist|H.Eichler|inline=yes}}

==Life==
==Life==
'''Hansjörg Eichler''', the son of architect, Gustav Eichler, and painter, Anna Eichler (née Sellin), was born in Ravensburg in 1916.<ref name=de/> At the Ravensburg school, one of his teachers was [[Karl Bertsch]], a leading [[Württemberg]] botanist, who stimulated his interest in botany and took him on private botanical excursions.<ref name=de/> In 1936, the family moved to [[Berlin]], and Eichler started working at the [[Berlin-Dahlem Botanical Garden and Botanical Museum|Botanisches Museum Berlin-Dahlem]] (as a volunteer) under the tutelage of [[Ludwig Diels|Friedrich Ludwig E Diels]], at the same time having enrolled at the [[University of Berlin]], to study botany and chemistry.<ref name=de/> The work at the [[Berlin-Dahlem Botanical Garden and Botanical Museum|Botanisches Museum]] ceased in 1943 when a bombing raid wrecked the museum.<ref name=de/> In 1944, he was exempted from war service to allow him both to study and work at the Kaiser-Wilhelm-Institut für Kulturpflanzenforschung (now the [[:de:Leibniz-Institut für Pflanzengenetik und Kulturpflanzenforschung|Leibniz-Institut für Pflanzengenetik und Kulturpflanzenforschung]]) in Vienna.<ref name=anbg/>
'''Hansjörg Eichler''', the son of architect, Gustav Eichler, and painter, Anna Eichler (née Sellin), was born in Ravensburg in 1916.<ref name=de/> At the Ravensburg school, one of his teachers was [[Karl Bertsch]], a leading [[Württemberg]] botanist, who stimulated his interest in botany and took him on private botanical excursions.<ref name=de/> In 1936, the family moved to [[Berlin]], and Eichler started working at the [[Berlin-Dahlem Botanical Garden and Botanical Museum|Botanisches Museum Berlin-Dahlem]] (as a volunteer) under the tutelage of [[Ludwig Diels|Friedrich Ludwig E Diels]], at the same time having enrolled at the [[University of Berlin]], to study botany and chemistry.<ref name=de/> The work at the [[Berlin-Dahlem Botanical Garden and Botanical Museum|Botanisches Museum]] ceased in 1943 when a bombing raid wrecked the museum.<ref name=de/> In 1944, he was exempted from war service to allow him to both study and work at the Kaiser-Wilhelm-Institut für Kulturpflanzenforschung (now the [[:de:Leibniz-Institut für Pflanzengenetik und Kulturpflanzenforschung|Leibniz-Institut für Pflanzengenetik und Kulturpflanzenforschung]]) in Vienna.<ref name=anbg/>


After the war (1946-1949), he was able to continue his studies at the [[University of Halle-Wittenberg]], and, in 1950, received in [[Dr. rer. nat.|Doctorate in Natural Sciences]] for a thesis on the floristic and phyto-oenological investegations of the [[Hakel]].<ref name=de/> He married Marie-Louise Möhring in 1953, and went to [[Parma]], and thence to the [[Naturalis Biodiversity Center|Nationaal Natuurhistorisch Museum Naturalis]] in Leiden, to work on [[Ranunculaceae]].<ref name=de/><ref name=es/>
After the war (1946–1949), he was able to continue his studies at the [[University of Halle-Wittenberg]], and, in 1950, received his [[Dr. rer. nat.|Doctorate in Natural Sciences]] for a thesis on floristic and phyto-oenological investigations into the [[Hakel]].<ref name=de/> He married Marie-Louise Möhring in 1953, and went to [[Parma]], and from there to the [[Naturalis Biodiversity Center|Nationaal Natuurhistorisch Museum Naturalis]] in Leiden, to work on [[Ranunculaceae]].<ref name=de/><ref name=es/>


In 1955, he was appointed the first Keeper of the [[State Herbarium of South Australia]],<ref name=EAS/> and then curator of the [[Herbarium Australiense]] (which later became the [[Australian National Herbarium]]), within the [[CSIRO]] division of Plant Industry, a position held from 1974 until his retirement in 1981.<ref name=es/>
In 1955, he was appointed the first Keeper of the [[State Herbarium of South Australia]] (1955–1972),<ref name=EAS/> and then curator of the [[Australian National Herbarium|Herbarium Australiense]] (which later became the [[Australian National Herbarium]]), within the [[CSIRO]] division of Plant Industry, a position held from 1973 until his retirement in 1981.<ref name=EAS/> In Canberra, he founded the journal, [[Brunonia (journal)|Brunonia]].<ref name=de/>


In 1993 the [[Australian Systematic Botany Society]] established the Hansjörg Eichler Research Fund in his honour.<ref name=trove/> His personal herbarium of over 24, 000 specimens was divided between the [[State Herbarium of South Australia]] and the [[Australian National Herbarium]].<ref name=trove/>
In 1993 the [[Australian Systematic Botany Society]] established the [https://www.anbg.gov.au/asbs/hesrfund/index.html Hansjörg Eichler Research Fund] in his honour, and makes awards for projects contributing to Australian systematic botany.<ref name=EAS/> His personal herbarium of over 24, 000 specimens was divided between the [[State Herbarium of South Australia]] and the [[Australian National Herbarium]].<ref name=trove/>


==Work==
==Work==
In addition to his contributions to botany in his roles at the [[State Herbarium of South Australia]] and later at the [[Australian National Herbarium]], he contributed both nationally and internationally via service on many committees:<ref name=EAS/>
*Committee for Spermatophyta, International Association for Plant Taxonomy (1968–1992)
*Committee for Nomina Conservanda, International Association for Plant Taxonomy (1975–1981)
*Special committee for Orthography, International Association for Plant Taxonomy (1982–1987)
*Editorial committee World Pollen and Spore Flora (1972–1975)
*Advisory committee, Australian Journal of Botany (1972–1977)
*Editorial committee, Index Holmensis (1974–1992)
*Chair, editorial board, [[Brunonia (journal)|Brunonia]] (1977–1982)
*Editorial committee, Flora of Australia (1980–1985)


===Selected publications===
===Selected publications===
*(1958) Revision der Ranunculaceen Malesiens. [https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/187772434 (Trove listing - book)]
*(1958) Revision der Ranunculaceen Malesiens. Stuttgart. [https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/187772434 (Trove listing – book)]
* – & Black, J.M. (1965) Supplement to J.M. Black's Flora of South Australia. (2nd Edition, 1943–1957). W.L. Hawes.
* (1963) Some New Names and New Combinations Relevant to the Australian Flora. ''[[ISSN 0040-0262|Taxon]]'' 12: 295–297. {{doi|10.2307/1216578}}
* Benl, G, & – (1982) ''Ptilotus pedleyanus'', a new species of Amaranthaceae from Queensland. ''Brunonia'' 4(2): 199–207. {{doi|10.1071/BRU9810199}}


===Published names===
===Published names===
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|''[[Actinobole uliginosum]]'' (A.Gray) H.Eichler
|''[[Actinobole uliginosum]]'' (A.Gray) H.Eichler
|''[[Agrostis spicatus]]'' H.Eichler , orth. var.
|''[[Agrostis spicatus]]'' H.Eichler, orth. var.
|''[[Amyema miraculosa]]'' var. ''boormanii'' (Blakely) H.Eichler
|''[[Amyema miraculosa]]'' var. ''boormanii'' (Blakely) H.Eichler
|''[[Amyema miraculosa]]'' (Miq.) Tiegh. var. ''miraculosa''
|''[[Amyema miraculosa]]'' (Miq.) Tiegh. var. ''miraculosa''
|''[[Aristida contorta]]'' var. ''hirsuta'' (Henrard) H.Eichler
|''[[Aristida contorta]]'' var. ''hirsuta'' (Henrard) H.Eichler
|''[[Asparagus medeloides]]'' H.Eichler , orth. var.
|''[[Asparagus medeloides]]'' H.Eichler, orth. var.
|''[[Atriplex acutibracta]]'' H.Eichler , orth. var.
|''[[Atriplex acutibracta]]'' H.Eichler, orth. var.
|''[[Atriplex acutibracta]]'' subsp. ''acutibracta'' H.Eichler , orth. var.
|''[[Atriplex acutibracta]]'' subsp. ''acutibracta'' H.Eichler, orth. var.
|''[[Atriplex acutibracta]]'' subsp. ''karonensis'' H.Eichler , orth. var.
|''[[Atriplex acutibracta]]'' subsp. ''karonensis'' H.Eichler, orth. var.
|''[[Atriplex cinerea]]'' var. ''adscendens'' (Nees) H.Eichler
|''[[Atriplex cinerea]]'' var. ''adscendens'' (Nees) H.Eichler
|''[[Atriplex leptocarpa]]'' f. ''inermis'' H.Eichler , nom. inval., nom. nud.
|''[[Atriplex leptocarpa]]'' f. ''inermis'' H.Eichler, nom. inval., nom. nud.
|''[[Atriplex macropterocarpa]]'' (Aellen) H.Eichler
|''[[Atriplex macropterocarpa]]'' (Aellen) H.Eichler
|''[[Bulbinopsis semibarbata]]'' var. ''depilata'' (J.M.Black) H.Eichler
|''[[Bulbinopsis semibarbata]]'' var. ''depilata'' (J.M.Black) H.Eichler
|''[[Calandrinia neesiana]]'' H.Eichler
|''[[Calandrinia neesiana]]'' H.Eichler
|''[[Callistemon macropunctatus]]'' var. ''laevifolius'' (F.Muell. ex Miq.) H.Eichler
|''[[Callistemon macropunctatus]]'' var. ''laevifolius'' (F.Muell. ex Miq.) H.Eichler
|''[[Centaurium littoralis]]'' H.Eichler , orth. var.
|''[[Centaurium littoralis]]'' H.Eichler, orth. var.
|''[[Clematis leptophylla]]'' (F.Muell. ex Benth.) H.Eichler
|''[[Clematis leptophylla]]'' (F.Muell. ex Benth.) H.Eichler
|''[[Datura meteleoides]]'' H.Eichler , orth. var.
|''[[Datura meteleoides]]'' H.Eichler, orth. var.
|''[[Diplotaxis muralis]]'' var. ''caulescens'' H.Eichler , orth. var.
|''[[Diplotaxis muralis]]'' var. ''caulescens'' H.Eichler, orth. var.
|''[[Eucalyptus brachycalyx]]'' var. ''protrusa'' (J.M.Black) H.Eichler
|''[[Eucalyptus brachycalyx]]'' var. ''protrusa'' (J.M.Black) H.Eichler
|''[[Eucalyptus clelandii]]'' H.Eichler , orth. var.
|''[[Eucalyptus clelandii]]'' H.Eichler, orth. var.
|''[[Evax pygmea]]'' H.Eichler , orth. var.
|''[[Evax pygmea]]'' H.Eichler, orth. var.
|''[[Exocarpos strictus]]'' var. ''syrticolus'' H.Eichler , orth. var.
|''[[Exocarpos strictus]]'' var. ''syrticolus'' H.Eichler, orth. var.
|''[[Filago pygmea]]'' H.Eichler , orth. var.
|''[[Filago pygmea]]'' H.Eichler, orth. var.
|''[[Gasoul aitonis]]'' (Jacq.) H.Eichler
|''[[Gasoul aitonis]]'' (Jacq.) H.Eichler
|''[[Glochidion hirtellus]]'' (F.Muell.) H.Eichler
|''[[Glochidion hirtellus]]'' (F.Muell.) H.Eichler
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|''[[Glochidion trachyspermum]]'' (F.Muell.) H.Eichler
|''[[Glochidion trachyspermum]]'' (F.Muell.) H.Eichler
|''[[Gnephosis foliata]]'' (Sond.) H.Eichler
|''[[Gnephosis foliata]]'' (Sond.) H.Eichler
|''[[Hannafordia bissellii]]'' H.Eichler , orth. var.
|''[[Hannafordia bissellii]]'' H.Eichler, orth. var.
|''[[Helichrysum lindleyi]]'' H.Eichler
|''[[Helichrysum lindleyi]]'' H.Eichler
|''[[Helichrysum monochaetum]]'' (F.Muell.) H.Eichler
|''[[Helichrysum monochaetum]]'' (F.Muell.) H.Eichler
|''[[Helixia]]'' H.Eichler orth. var.
|''[[Helixia]]'' H.Eichler orth. var.
|''[[Helixia setifolia]]'' H.Eichler , orth. var.
|''[[Helixia setifolia]]'' H.Eichler, orth. var.
|''[[Homalosciadium homalocarpum]]'' (F.Muell.) H.Eichler
|''[[Homalosciadium homalocarpum]]'' (F.Muell.) H.Eichler
|''[[Hydrocotyle coorowensis]]'' H.Eichler MS
|''[[Hydrocotyle coorowensis]]'' H.Eichler MS
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|''[[Hydrocotyle vigintimilia]]'' H.Eichler MS
|''[[Hydrocotyle vigintimilia]]'' H.Eichler MS
|''[[Hydrocotyle]]'' sp. Watarrka (A.C.Beauglehole 20471) H.Eichler
|''[[Hydrocotyle]]'' sp. Watarrka (A.C.Beauglehole 20471) H.Eichler
|''[[Indigofera dominii]]'' H.Eichler , nom. illeg., nom. superfl.
|''[[Indigofera dominii]]'' H.Eichler, nom. illeg., nom. superfl.
|''[[Lilaeopsis polyantha]]'' (Gand.) H.Eichler
|''[[Lilaeopsis polyantha]]'' (Gand.) H.Eichler
|''[[Luzula rhadiana]]'' H.Eichler , orth. var.
|''[[Luzula rhadiana]]'' H.Eichler, orth. var.
|''[[Lysiana exocarpi]]'' (Behr) Tiegh. f. ''exocarpi''
|''[[Lysiana exocarpi]]'' (Behr) Tiegh. f. ''exocarpi''
|''[[Lysiana exocarpi]]'' f. ''flavescens'' (F.Muell. ex Miq.) H.Eichler
|''[[Lysiana exocarpi]]'' f. ''flavescens'' (F.Muell. ex Miq.) H.Eichler
|''[[Machaerina rubiginosa]]'' (Spreng.) H.Eichler , isonym
|''[[Machaerina rubiginosa]]'' (Spreng.) H.Eichler, isonym
|''[[Machaerina tetragona]]'' H.Eichler , nom. inval.
|''[[Machaerina tetragona]]'' H.Eichler, nom. inval.
|''[[Nymphoides crenatum]]'' H.Eichler , orth. var.
|''[[Nymphoides crenatum]]'' H.Eichler, orth. var.
|''[[Nymphoides exiliflorum]]'' H.Eichler , orth. var.
|''[[Nymphoides exiliflorum]]'' H.Eichler, orth. var.
|''[[Nymphoides geminatum]]'' H.Eichler , orth. var.
|''[[Nymphoides geminatum]]'' H.Eichler, orth. var.
|''[[Nymphoides stygia]]'' (J.M.Black) H.Eichler
|''[[Nymphoides stygia]]'' (J.M.Black) H.Eichler
|''[[Nymphoides stygium]]'' H.Eichler , orth. var.
|''[[Nymphoides stygium]]'' H.Eichler, orth. var.
|''[[Pectinellia]]'' H.Eichler , orth. var.
|''[[Pectinellia]]'' H.Eichler, orth. var.
|''[[Pectinellia griffithii]]'' H.Eichler , orth. var.
|''[[Pectinellia griffithii]]'' H.Eichler, orth. var.
|''[[Phyllanthus hirtellus]]'' var. ''parviflorus'' (J.M.Black) H.Eichler
|''[[Phyllanthus hirtellus]]'' var. ''parviflorus'' (J.M.Black) H.Eichler
|''[[Platysace heterophylla]]'' var. ''tepperi'' (J.M.Black) H.Eichler
|''[[Platysace heterophylla]]'' var. ''tepperi'' (J.M.Black) H.Eichler
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|''[[Solanum symonii]]'' H.Eichler
|''[[Solanum symonii]]'' H.Eichler
|''[[Swainsona sericea]]'' (A.T.Lee) J.M.Black ex H.Eichler
|''[[Swainsona sericea]]'' (A.T.Lee) J.M.Black ex H.Eichler
|''[[Tetragonia amplexicoma]]'' H.Eichler , orth. var.
|''[[Tetragonia amplexicoma]]'' H.Eichler, orth. var.
|''[[Trachymene ornata]]'' var. ''semilanata'' (J.M.Black) H.Eichler
|''[[Trachymene ornata]]'' var. ''semilanata'' (J.M.Black) H.Eichler
|''[[Trianthema chrystallina]]'' H.Eichler , orth. var.
|''[[Trianthema chrystallina]]'' H.Eichler, orth. var.
|''[[Trianthema triquetra]]'' var. clavata H.Eichler , orth. var.
|''[[Trianthema triquetra]]'' var. clavata H.Eichler, orth. var.
|''[[Trianthema triquetrum]]'' var. ''clavatum'' (J.M.Black) H.Eichler
|''[[Trianthema triquetrum]]'' var. ''clavatum'' (J.M.Black) H.Eichler
|''[[Tribulopis affinis]]'' (W.Fitzg.) H.Eichler
|''[[Tribulopis affinis]]'' (W.Fitzg.) H.Eichler
|''[[Tribulopis sessilis]]'' (Domin) H.Eichler
|''[[Tribulopis sessilis]]'' (Domin) H.Eichler
|''[[Wahlenbergia fluminale]]'' E.Wimm. ex H.Eichler , orth. var.
|''[[Wahlenbergia fluminale]]'' E.Wimm. ex H.Eichler, orth. var.
|''[[Wahlenbergia fluminalis]]'' (J.M.Black) E.Wimm. ex H.Eichler
|''[[Wahlenbergia fluminalis]]'' (J.M.Black) E.Wimm. ex H.Eichler
|''[[Zaleya galericulata]]'' (Melville) H.Eichler
|''[[Zaleya galericulata]]'' (Melville) H.Eichler
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==Honours==
==Honours==
* In 1979, he was awarded the [[Willdenow Prize]] for his work on the restoration of [[Berlin-Dahlem Botanical Garden and Botanical Museum|Berlin-Dahlem Botanical Museum]].<ref name=de/>
* In 1979, he was awarded the [[Willdenow Medal]] (awarded by the [[Berlin-Dahlem Botanical Garden and Botanical Museum|Berlin-Dahlem Herbarium]]) for his work towards the restoration of [[Berlin-Dahlem Botanical Garden and Botanical Museum|Berlin-Dahlem Herbarium]].<ref name=de/>

===Some pPlants named for him===
===Some plants named for him===
*''[[Chionogentias eichleri]]'' [[Laurence George Adams|L.G.Adams]] ([[Gentianaceae]]) ''Austral. Syst. Bot.'' 8(5): 973 (1995)
*''[[Chionogentias eichleri]]'' [[Laurence George Adams|L.G.Adams]] ([[Gentianaceae]]) ''Austral. Syst. Bot.'' 8(5): 973 (1995)
*''[[Picris eichleri]]'' [[Hans Walter Lack|Lack]] & [[Sebastian Holzapfel|S.Holzapfel]] {[[Asteraceae]]) ''Willdenowia'' 23(1–2): 188. (1993)
*''[[Picris eichleri]]'' [[Hans Walter Lack|Lack]] & [[Sebastian Holzapfel|S.Holzapfel]] ([[Asteraceae]]) ''Willdenowia'' 23(1–2): 188. (1993)
*''[[Ptilotus eichlerianus]]'' [[Gerhard Benl|Benl]] ([[Amaranthaceae]]) Mitteilungen der Botanischen Staatssammlung München 7: 310. (1970)
*''[[Ptilotus eichlerianus]]'' [[Gerhard Benl|Benl]] ([[Amaranthaceae]]) Mitteilungen der Botanischen Staatssammlung München 7: 310. (1970)
*''[[Ranunculus eichlerianus]]'' [[B.G.Briggs]] ([[Ranunculaceae]]) Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 84: 313 (1959)
*''[[Ranunculus eichlerianus]]'' [[B.G.Briggs]] ([[Ranunculaceae]]) Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 84: 313 (1959)

==See also==
*[[:Category:Taxa named by Hansjörg Eichler|Taxa named by Hansjörg Eichler]]
*Conn, B.J. (1981) 'Dr Hans-Jörg Eichler, on the occasion of his retirement', Australian Systematic Botany Society Newsletter, vol. 26, pp.&nbsp;18–43.
*Orchard, A. E. (1995) 'Hansjörg Eichler (1916–1992)', Taxon, vol. 44, pp.&nbsp;271–8.
*Orchard, Tony (2015) 'Memories of Hansjörg Eichler', Australasian Systematic Botany Society Newsletter, vol. 165, pp.&nbsp;49–53.
*Robertson, Enid L. (1993) 'Hansjörg Eichler 1 April 1916 – 22 June 1992', Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens, vol. 15, no. 81–5.


==References==
==References==
{{Reflist|refs=
{{Reflist|refs=
<ref name=trove>[https://trove.nla.gov.au/people/612519 Trove: Eichler, Hansjörg (1916-1992)]</ref>
<ref name=trove>[https://trove.nla.gov.au/people/612519 Trove: Eichler, Hansjörg (1916–1992)]</ref>
<ref name=EAS>[http://www.eoas.info/biogs/P002340b.htm Encyclopaedia of Australian Science: Eichler, Hansjörg (1916 - 1992)]</ref>
<ref name=EAS>[http://www.eoas.info/biogs/P002340b.htm Encyclopaedia of Australian Science: Eichler, Hansjörg (1916–1992)]. Last modified 11 August 2016. Retrieved 16 September 2018.</ref>
<ref name=de>German wikipedia article: [[:de:Hansjörg Eichler|Hansjörg Eichler]]</ref>
<ref name=de>German wikipedia article: [[:de:Hansjörg Eichler|Hansjörg Eichler]]</ref>
<ref name=anbg>[http://www.anbg.gov.au/biography/eichler-hansjoerg.html Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria, Australian National Herbarium, Biographical Notes: Eichler, Hansjörg (1916 - 1992)]</ref>
<ref name=anbg>[http://www.anbg.gov.au/biography/eichler-hansjoerg.html Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria, Australian National Herbarium, Biographical Notes: Eichler, Hansjörg (1916–1992)]</ref>
<ref name=es>Spanish wikipedia article: [[:es:Hansjörg Eichler|Hansjörg Eichler]]</ref>
<ref name=es>Spanish wikipedia article: [[:es:Hansjörg Eichler|Hansjörg Eichler]]</ref>
<ref name=apniNames>{{cite web|title=APNI: Search plant names for author H.Eichler|url=https://biodiversity.org.au/nsl/services/search?name=&author=H.Eichler&ofRank.id=&matchRank=match&publication=&year=&inc._scientific=&inc.scientific=on&inc._cultivar=&inc._hybrid=&inc._formula=&inc._autonym=&inc._other=&ex._scientific=&ex._cultivar=&ex._hybrid=&ex._formula=&ex._autonym=&nameTag=&max=100&display=apni&advanced=true}}</ref>
<ref name=apniNames>{{cite web|title=APNI: Search plant names for author H.Eichler|url=https://biodiversity.org.au/nsl/services/search?name=&author=H.Eichler&ofRank.id=&matchRank=match&publication=&year=&inc._scientific=&inc.scientific=on&inc._cultivar=&inc._hybrid=&inc._formula=&inc._autonym=&inc._other=&ex._scientific=&ex._cultivar=&ex._hybrid=&ex._formula=&ex._autonym=&nameTag=&max=100&display=apni&advanced=true}}</ref>
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Hansjörg Eichler
Born(1916-04-01)1 April 1916[1]
Ravensburg, Baden-Württemberg[3]
Died22 June 1992(1992-06-22) (aged 76)[1]
Berlin[1]
CitizenshipGerman, Australian
Alma materBerlin-Dahlem Botanical Museum University of Halle-Wittenberg[3]
Scientific career
FieldsBotany
InstitutionsNationaal Natuurhistorisch Museum Naturalis in Leiden, State Herbarium of South Australia, Australian National Herbarium,[1] University of Adelaide[2]
Author abbrev. (botany)H.Eichler

Hansjörg Eichler (1 April 1916 – 22 June 1992) was a German-born botanist, educated in Europe, who worked in Europe and Australia, and whose greatest contribution was to Australian botany.[2][4]

The standard author abbreviation H.Eichler is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.[5]

Life

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Hansjörg Eichler, the son of architect, Gustav Eichler, and painter, Anna Eichler (née Sellin), was born in Ravensburg in 1916.[3] At the Ravensburg school, one of his teachers was Karl Bertsch, a leading Württemberg botanist, who stimulated his interest in botany and took him on private botanical excursions.[3] In 1936, the family moved to Berlin, and Eichler started working at the Botanisches Museum Berlin-Dahlem (as a volunteer) under the tutelage of Friedrich Ludwig E Diels, at the same time having enrolled at the University of Berlin, to study botany and chemistry.[3] The work at the Botanisches Museum ceased in 1943 when a bombing raid wrecked the museum.[3] In 1944, he was exempted from war service to allow him to both study and work at the Kaiser-Wilhelm-Institut für Kulturpflanzenforschung (now the Leibniz-Institut für Pflanzengenetik und Kulturpflanzenforschung) in Vienna.[1]

After the war (1946–1949), he was able to continue his studies at the University of Halle-Wittenberg, and, in 1950, received his Doctorate in Natural Sciences for a thesis on floristic and phyto-oenological investigations into the Hakel.[3] He married Marie-Louise Möhring in 1953, and went to Parma, and from there to the Nationaal Natuurhistorisch Museum Naturalis in Leiden, to work on Ranunculaceae.[3][6]

In 1955, he was appointed the first Keeper of the State Herbarium of South Australia (1955–1972),[4] and then curator of the Herbarium Australiense (which later became the Australian National Herbarium), within the CSIRO division of Plant Industry, a position held from 1973 until his retirement in 1981.[4] In Canberra, he founded the journal, Brunonia.[3]

In 1993 the Australian Systematic Botany Society established the Hansjörg Eichler Research Fund in his honour, and makes awards for projects contributing to Australian systematic botany.[4] His personal herbarium of over 24, 000 specimens was divided between the State Herbarium of South Australia and the Australian National Herbarium.[2]

Work

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In addition to his contributions to botany in his roles at the State Herbarium of South Australia and later at the Australian National Herbarium, he contributed both nationally and internationally via service on many committees:[4]

  • Committee for Spermatophyta, International Association for Plant Taxonomy (1968–1992)
  • Committee for Nomina Conservanda, International Association for Plant Taxonomy (1975–1981)
  • Special committee for Orthography, International Association for Plant Taxonomy (1982–1987)
  • Editorial committee World Pollen and Spore Flora (1972–1975)
  • Advisory committee, Australian Journal of Botany (1972–1977)
  • Editorial committee, Index Holmensis (1974–1992)
  • Chair, editorial board, Brunonia (1977–1982)
  • Editorial committee, Flora of Australia (1980–1985)

Selected publications

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  • (1958) Revision der Ranunculaceen Malesiens. Stuttgart. (Trove listing – book)
  • – & Black, J.M. (1965) Supplement to J.M. Black's Flora of South Australia. (2nd Edition, 1943–1957). W.L. Hawes.
  • (1963) Some New Names and New Combinations Relevant to the Australian Flora. Taxon 12: 295–297. doi:10.2307/1216578
  • Benl, G, & – (1982) Ptilotus pedleyanus, a new species of Amaranthaceae from Queensland. Brunonia 4(2): 199–207. doi:10.1071/BRU9810199

Published names

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APNI gives some 91 published names.[7] IPNI (with duplication) lists 152.[8]

Published names given by APNI (Australian Plant Name Index)

Honours

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Some plants named for him

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See also

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  • Taxa named by Hansjörg Eichler
  • Conn, B.J. (1981) 'Dr Hans-Jörg Eichler, on the occasion of his retirement', Australian Systematic Botany Society Newsletter, vol. 26, pp. 18–43.
  • Orchard, A. E. (1995) 'Hansjörg Eichler (1916–1992)', Taxon, vol. 44, pp. 271–8.
  • Orchard, Tony (2015) 'Memories of Hansjörg Eichler', Australasian Systematic Botany Society Newsletter, vol. 165, pp. 49–53.
  • Robertson, Enid L. (1993) 'Hansjörg Eichler 1 April 1916 – 22 June 1992', Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens, vol. 15, no. 81–5.

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria, Australian National Herbarium, Biographical Notes: Eichler, Hansjörg (1916–1992)
  2. ^ a b c Trove: Eichler, Hansjörg (1916–1992)
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j German wikipedia article: Hansjörg Eichler
  4. ^ a b c d e Encyclopaedia of Australian Science: Eichler, Hansjörg (1916–1992). Last modified 11 August 2016. Retrieved 16 September 2018.
  5. ^ International Plant Names Index.  H.Eichler.
  6. ^ Spanish wikipedia article: Hansjörg Eichler
  7. ^ "APNI: Search plant names for author H.Eichler".
  8. ^ "IPNI: Search plant names for author H.Eichler".
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