Willdenowia – Annals of the Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin-Dahlem
ISSN 0511-9618
© 2006 BGBM Berlin-Dahlem.
Gradstein, S. R.: Stephani's Species Hepaticarum revisited.
Willdenowia 36 (Special Issue): 557-563.
doi:10.3372/wi.36.36152
Abstract
A brief account of the life of Franz Stephani, 1898-1925, together with an assessment of the scientific significance of his major publication, Species Hepaticarum, a worldwide treatment of the species of Hepaticae and Anthocerotae, are presented.
Key words:
Franz Stephani, biography, history of botany, bryology, Hepaticae.