Werner Greuter, Date of Birth, Place of Birth
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Swiss botanist
Date of Birth: 27-Feb-1938
Place of Birth: Genoa, Liguria, Italy
Profession: curator, university teacher, botanist
Nationality: Switzerland
Zodiac Sign: Pisces 
About Werner Greuter
- Werner Rodolfo Greuter, (born February 27, 1938) in Genova, Italy, as a Swiss national, is a botanist.
- He is the chair of the Editorial Committee for the International Code of Botanical Nomenclature (ICBN) - the Tokyo Code (1994) and the St Louis Code (2000).
- His proposed policy as regards registration of botanical names proved unpopular and in 1999 he stepped back, not being elected anew: he completed his term as chair to be succeeded at Vienna in 2005.
- He has returned as a member of the editorial committee, contributing to the renamed International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants, the "Melbourne Code" (2012).
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