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German botanist and lichenologist
Friedrich August Georg Bitter
(13 August 1873 ? 30 July 1927) was a German
botanist
and
lichenologist
.
Born in
Bremen
, he studied at the Universities of
Jena
,
Munich
and
Kiel
, earning his doctorate at the latter institution in 1896. Afterwards he performed assignments in
Berlin
. In his studies he was influenced by instructors such as
Simon Schwendener
(1829?1919),
Friedrich Wilhelm Zopf
(1846?1909) and
Johannes Reinke
(1849?1931). In 1905 he was named director of the botanical garden in
Bremen
. During the later part of his career he served as director of the botanical garden in
Gottingen
.
He specialized in the botanical genus
Solanum
, as evidenced by his
Solana Africana
, a four-part monograph in which he provided descriptions of all known African
Solanum
species.
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In the field of
lichenology
, he conducted
anatomical
and developmental studies on the
thallus
of lichens. He performed significant research involving the lichen genus
Parmelia
(
Hypogymnia
).
Selected works
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- Zur Morphologie und Systematik von Parmelia, untergattung Hypogymnia
, 1901 -
Morphology
and systematics of Parmelia, subgenus
Hypogymnia
(now regarded as a genus).
- Die Gattung Acaena, Vorstudien zu einer Monographie
, 1911 - The genus
Acaena
.
- Solana Africana
, 1913-1923 (in four parts). Parts I-III, issued in one volume with cover-title only, are reprints from Botanische jahrbucher, bd. 49, 54 and 57, 1913-21; pt. IV, with imprint: Dahlem bei Berlin, Verlag des Repertoriums, is extracted from Repertorium specierum novarum regni vegetabilis, Beihefte, of which it forms bd. 16.
- Solanum morelliforme : eine baumbewohnende Verwandte der Kartoffel : nebst allgemeinen Bemerkungen uber die Sektion Tuberarium
, 1914.
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