Oskar Eberhard Ulbrich

{{Short description|German botanist (1879–1952)}} '''Oskar Eberhard Ulbrich''' (17 September 1879 – 4 November 1952) was a German botanist and mycologist.

Ulbrich was born in Berlin. He studied natural sciences at the University of Berlin, where his instructors included Adolf Engler (1844–1930) and Simon Schwendener (1829–1919). In 1926 he became a curator and professor at the Botanical Museum in Berlin, where in 1938 he was appointed director of the ''Hauptpilzstelle''.<ref>[http://www.herbarien.uzh.ch/static/database/sammlerdetails_de.php?id=5314 UZH - Zürcher Herbarien - Sammler Details] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303205245/http://www.herbarien.uzh.ch/static/database/sammlerdetails_de.php?id=5314 |date=2016-03-03 }} (biographical information)</ref>

Known for his intrafamilial investigations of the botanical families Amaranthaceae, Chenopodiaceae and Caryophyllaceae, in 1934 he subdivided Chenopodiaceae into eight subfamilies; Salicornioideae, Polycnemoideae, Chenopodioideae, Salsoloideae, et al.<ref>[http://www.amjbot.org/content/84/2/253.full.pdf American Journal of Botany]{{dead link|date=January 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} 84(2): 253–273. 1997</ref><ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=yjlzrzbRXNQC&dq=Ulbrich+Salicornioideae&pg=PA259 Flowering Plants. Dicotyledons: Magnoliid, Hamamelid and Caryophyllid Families] edited by Klaus Kubitzki, Jens G. Rohwer, Volker Bittrich</ref>

In 1911 he introduced usage of a color scheme to indicate geographical regions on herbarium specimens and fascicles.<ref>[https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33212613#page/581/mode/1up Biodiversity Heritage Library] Taxonomic literature : a selective guide to botanical publications</ref> The plant genus ''Ulbrichia'' from the family Malvaceae was named after him by Ignatz Urban (1848–1931).<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=zIOvJSJs-IkC&dq=Ulbrich+Ulbrichia&pg=PA2756 Google Books] CRC World Dictionary of Plant Names: Common Names, Scientific Names, Eponyms ... by Umberto Quattrocchi</ref>

== Selected publications == * ''Die höheren Pilze: Basidiomycetes'', third edition 1928 (with Gustav Lindau 1866–1923) - The higher fungi, Basidiomycetes. * ''Pflanzenkunde'', 1920.<ref>[http://www.worldcat.org/search?q=au%3AUlbrich%2C+Eberhard%2C&qt=hot_author WorldCat Titles] (publications)</ref> * ''Chenopodiaceae''. - In: Adolf Engler & Karl Anton Eugen Prantl: Die natürlichen Pflanzenfamilien, second edition. volume 16c: S.379-585, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1934.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=kiapOY7VVZgC&dq=Chenopodiaceae+%22Duncker+%26+Humblot%22+Ulbrich&pg=PA43 Google Books] Ökologische Forschung im globalen Kontext: Festschrift zum 65. Geburtstag ... by Siegmar-Walter Breckle</ref>

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== External links == * [http://www.ipni.org/ipni/advPlantNameSearch.do;jsessionid=B162E210B3D7CF1C44535B9C0E82B264?find_family=&find_genus=&find_species=&find_infrafamily=&find_infragenus=&find_infraspecies=&find_authorAbbrev=Ulbr.&find_includePublicationAuthors=on&find_includePublicationAuthors=off&find_includeBasionymAuthors=off&find_publicationTitle=&find_isAPNIRecord=on&find_isAPNIRecord=false&find_isGCIRecord=on&find_isGCIRecord=false&find_isIKRecord=on&find_isIKRecord=false&find_rankToReturn=all&output_format=normal&find_sortByFamily=on&find_sortByFamily=off&query_type=by_query&back_page=plantsearch IPNI] (list of taxa described by Ulbrich) * [http://www.cybertruffle.org.uk/people/0026855_.htm photo Cybertruffle.org] (photo)

{{DEFAULTSORT:Ulbrich, Oskar Eberhard}} Category:1879 births Category:1952 deaths Category:German mycologists Category:20th-century German botanists Category:Scientists from Berlin