Ingeborg Markgraf-Dannenberg

Ingeborg Markgraf-Dannenberg (18 March 1911 – 22 March 1996) was a Swiss naturalist, botanist, taxonomist, and teacher noted for her work at the Institute for Systematic Botany at the University of Zurich, in particular her work classifying the genus Festuca.[1][2] She described over 120 species, and the grass Festuca markgrafiae was named in her honor.[3][4] The standard author abbreviation Markgr.-Dann. is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.[5][6][7]

She was born in Berlin, and was married to the botanist Friedrich Markgraf. She died in Zürich, aged 85.

References
  1. Endress, Peter K. (1997). "Ingeborg Markgraf-Danneberg : 18. Marz 1911 - 22. Marz 1996". Botanica Helvetica (in German). 107 (1): 147–148. Archived from the original on 30 December 2018. Retrieved 7 March 2019.
  2. "Ingeborg Markgraf-Dannenberg (18.3.1911 - 22.3.1996)". www.herbarien.uzh.ch (in German). Archived from the original on 30 December 2018.
  3. "Tropicos | Person - Markgraf-Dannenberg, Ingeborg". www.tropicos.org. Retrieved 7 March 2019.
  4. Clifford, Harold T.; Bostock, Peter D. (2007). Etymological Dictionary of Grasses. Springer Science & Business Media. p. 183. ISBN 9783540384342. Retrieved 7 March 2019.
  5. IPNI.  Markgr.-Dann.
  6. "Markgraf-Dannenberg, Ingeborg on JSTOR". plants.jstor.org. Retrieved 7 March 2019.
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