Richard Büttner

Oskar Alexander Richard Büttner (28 September 1858 – 1927) was a German botanist and mineralogist involved in the exploration of the Congo.[1]

Büttner was a member of the German Congo Expedition, and visited the Congo between 1884 and 1886. In 1890 he wrote Reisen im Kongolande about his travels. In 1890–91 he was in charge of a research station in Togo.[1] Büttner was also interested in entomology.[2]

Büttner is commemorated in the scientific name of a species of African lizard, Trachylepis buettneri.[3]

The standard author abbreviation Büttner is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.[4]

References
  1. Fabian, Johannes (2000). Out of Our Minds. Oakland: University of California Press. p. 19.
  2. Karsch F (1893). "Die Insekten der Berglandschaft Adeli im Hinterlande von Togo (Westafrika) nach dem von den Herrn Hauptmann Eugen Kling (1888 und 1889) und Dr. Richard Büttner (1890 und 1891) gesammelten Materiale ". Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift 38: 1-266
  3. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. ("Büttner", p. 45).
  4. IPNI.  Büttner.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.