Ernst Georg Pritzel, Date of Birth, Date of Death
TweetErnst Georg Pritzel
German botanist (1875–1946)
Date of Birth: 15-May-1875
Date of Death: 06-Apr-1946
Profession: botanist
Nationality: German Empire
Zodiac Sign: Taurus 
About Ernst Georg Pritzel
- Ernst Georg Pritzel (15 May 1875 – 6 April 1946) was a German botanist. He is known for his research in the fields of phytogeography and taxonomy.
- He contributed works on Lycopodiaceae, Psilotaceae and Pittosporaceae to Engler & Prantl’s "Die Natürlichen Pflanzenfamilien".In 1900–02, with Ludwig Diels, he collected plants in South Africa, Australia and New Zealand.
- They published the results of their expedition (a collection of 5700 species) in the Botanische Jahrbücher in 1904–05.
- Their findings included 235 new species.The fungi genus Pritzeliella was named after him by Paul Christoph Hennings in 1903 and Melaleuca pritzelii (originally Melaleuca densa var.
- pritzelii) by Karel Domin in 1923.
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