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Alwin Berger (1871 – 20 April 1931) was a German botanist best known for his contribution to the nomenclature of succulent plants, particularly agaves and cacti. Born in Germany he worked at the botanical gardens in Dresden and Frankfurt. From 1897 to 1914 he was curator of the Giardini Botanici Hanbury, the botanical gardens of Sir Thomas Hanbury at La Mortola, near Ventimiglia in northwestern Italy, close to the border with France. After working in Germany from 1914 to 1919, Berger studied in the United States for three years, before spending his final years as director of the department of botany of the natural history museum in Stuttgart His main work, ''Die Agaven'', published in 1915, described 274 species of agave, divided into 3 subgenera, ''Littaea'', ''Euagave'' and ''Manfreda''. He also recognised a new genus of cactus, ''Roseocactus'', in 1925. The genera ''Bergerocactus'' (''Cactaceae'') and ''Bergeranthus'' (''Mesembryanthemaceae'') are named in his honour. ==Publications== The principal publications of Alwin Berger include: * ''Systematische Übersicht der kultivierten Kleinien''. Neudamm: Neumann, 1904/5. * (''Florula Mortolensis. An enumeration of the plants growing wild at La Mortola'' ). Ventimiglia: Billi, 1905. * ''Proposed congratulatory address to Sir Thomas Hanbury ... of la Mortola, Ventimiglia : prepared for the celebration of his Seventy-fifth birthday, 21st June 1907''. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Alwin Berger」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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