Heinrich Andres (5 May 1883, Bengel – 11 August 1970, Bonn) was a German educator and botanist known for his investigations of Rhineland flora.[1]

Up until 1910 he was a schoolteacher in the town of Hetzhof, afterwards teaching classes in Bonn.[2] He was the taxonomic authority of the genera Monotropastrum and Monotropanthum as well as of numerous species within the plant family Ericaceae. In 1967 Hermann Otto Sleumer dedicated the genus Andresia in his honor.[3][4][5][6]

Selected works

The standard author abbreviation Andres is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.[8]

References

  1. ^ Lexikon deutschsprachiger Bryologen, Volume 1 by Jan-Peter Frahm, Jens Eggers
  2. ^ Archive.org Taxonomic literature : a selective guide to botanical publications and collections with dates, commentaries and types.
  3. ^ GBIF Monotropastrum
  4. ^ Tropicos Monotropanthum
  5. ^ IPNI List of plants described & co-described by Andres.
  6. ^ Index Nominum Genericorum database Andresia
  7. ^ Google Books published works
  8. ^ International Plant Names Index.  Andres.