# Werner Greuter

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Swiss botanist

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**Werner Rodolfo Greuter** (born 27 February 1938 in [Genoa](/source/Genoa), [Italy](/source/Italy), as a [Swiss](/source/Switzerland) national) is a [botanist](/source/Botanist). He was the [chair](/source/Chairperson) of the Editorial Committee for the *[International Code of Botanical Nomenclature](/source/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 returned as a member of the editorial committee, contributing to the renamed [International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants](/source/International_Code_of_Nomenclature_for_algae%2C_fungi%2C_and_plants), the "Melbourne Code" (2012).[1]

## Biography

Greuter went to schools in [Bellinzona](/source/Bellinzona) and [Winterthur](/source/Winterthur), and received his PhD from the [University of Zürich](/source/University_of_Z%C3%BCrich) in 1972. From 1972 to 1974 he was scientific director of the [Goulandris Museum of Natural History](/source/Goulandris_Museum_of_Natural_History) in [Kifisia](/source/Kifisia), Athens, and edited its journal, *Annales Musei Goulandris* till 1976, being succeeded by [W. T. Stearn](/source/W._T._Stearn).[*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*]

He was appointed on 1 April 1978 to his current position: [Professor](/source/Professor) of biology in the Institute of Biology at the [Free University of Berlin](/source/Free_University_of_Berlin), Germany, and First Director of the University's Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum (BGBM) in [Berlin](/source/Berlin).

## Awards

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- Medal of Honour of the University of Crete, Rethymnon, 2010

- Doctorate honoris causa (Laurea specialistica *[ad honorem](/source/Ad_honorem)* in Biologia ed Ecologia vegetale), Università degli Studi di Palermo, 2010

- Premio Acuña Galé, Sociedad Cubana de Botánica, 2009

- Honorary Professorship (Categoría Docente Especial de Profesor Invitado), Universidad de La Habana, 2004

- Theophrastus Medal of Honour of the Hellenic Botanical Society, 2000

- IAPT Distinguished Services Award, 1999

- OPTIMA Gold Medal, 1998.

- Distinguished Services Award, XVI International Botanical Congress, St Louis, Missouri

## Eponymy

The plant species *[Epipactis greuteri](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Epipactis_greuteri&action=edit&redlink=1)*, *[Minuartia greuteriana](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Minuartia_greuteriana&action=edit&redlink=1)*, *[Hieracium greuteri](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hieracium_greuteri&action=edit&redlink=1)*, *[Centaurea greuteri](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Centaurea_greuteri&action=edit&redlink=1)*, *[Bupleurum greuteri](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bupleurum_greuteri&action=edit&redlink=1)* and *[Acanthus greuterianus](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Acanthus_greuterianus&action=edit&redlink=1)* are named after him. As well as *[Greuteria](/source/Greuteria)*, which is a genus of [flowering plants](/source/Flowering_plant) belonging to the family [Fabaceae](/source/Fabaceae) and published in 2013.[2]

The standard [author abbreviation](/source/List_of_botanists_by_author_abbreviation_(A)) Greuter is used to indicate this person as the author when [citing](/source/Author_citation_(botany)) a [botanical name](/source/Botanical_name).[3]

## See also

- [binomial nomenclature](/source/Binomial_nomenclature)

- [List of botanists by author abbreviation](/source/List_of_botanists_by_author_abbreviation)

## References and external links

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** McNeill, J.; Barrie, F.R.; Buck, W.R.; Demoulin, V.; Greuter, W.; Hawksworth, D.L.; Herendeen, P.S.; Knapp, S.; Marhold, K.; Prado, J.; Prud'homme Van Reine, W.F.; Smith, G.F.; Wiersema, J.H.; Turland, N.J. (2012). [*International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants (Melbourne Code) adopted by the Eighteenth International Botanical Congress Melbourne, Australia, July 2011*](http://www.iapt-taxon.org/nomen/main.php?page=title). Vol. Regnum Vegetabile 154. A.R.G. Gantner Verlag KG. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-3-87429-425-6](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-3-87429-425-6).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["*Greuteria* Amirahm. & Kaz.Osaloo | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science"](https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77138190-1). *Plants of the World Online*. Retrieved 26 May 2021.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** [International Plant Names Index](/source/International_Plant_Names_Index). [*Greuter*](https://www.ipni.org/search?q=author%20std%3AGreuter).

- [Prof. Greuter's page](http://www.bgbm.org/bgbm/staff/wiss/Greuter/default.htm) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20081120013040/http://www.bgbm.org/bgbm/STAFF/wiss/Greuter/default.htm) 2008-11-20 at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine) at [The Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin-Dahlem (BGBM)](http://www.bgbm.org/bgbm/overview.htm)

- [Example of a combination published by Greuter: *Dittrichia viscosa* (L.) Greuter](https://www.ars-grin.gov/~sbmljw/cgi-bin/taxon.pl?104195)

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