Oskar von Kirchner

Emil Otto Oskar von Kirchner (15 September 1851, in Breslau – 25 April 1925, in Venice) was a German botanist and agronomist.

He studied botany at the University of Breslau, receiving his doctorate in 1873 with a dissertation on the botanical writings of Theophrastus. After graduation, he worked as an assistant at the pomology institute of the agricultural academy in Proskau. From 1881 to 1917 he was a professor of botany at the Agricultural Academy in Hohenheim.

The phycological genera; ''Kirchneria'' (in the family Polypodiopsida), ''Kirchneriella'' (in the family Selenastraceae), ''Kirchneriellopsis'' and ''Kirchneriellosaccus'', all commemorate his name. Provided by Wikipedia