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Johannes Mildbraed

Gottfried Wilhelm Johannes Mildbraed was a German botanist who specialized in mosses, ferns, and various spermatophytes. He is well known for authoring the most current monograph and taxonomic treatment of the family Stylidiaceae in 1908 as part of the unfinished Das Pflanzenreich series. The genus Mildbraediodendron was named in honor of him.

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Gottfried Wilhelm Johannes Mildbraed (19 December 1879 – 24 December 1954) was a German botanist who specialized in mosses, ferns, and various spermatophytes. He is well known for authoring the most current monograph and taxonomic treatment of the family Stylidiaceae in 1908 as part of the unfinished Das Pflanzenreich series.1 The genus Mildbraediodendron was named in honor of him.2

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  1. Gottfried Wilhelm Johannes Mildbraed (1908). Stylidiaceae. Engelmann. Retrieved 24 October 2010.
  2. Quattrocchi, U. 1999. CRC World Dictionary of Plant Names: Common Names, Scientific Names, Eponyms, Synonyms, and Etymology. CRC Press. pp. 1691. ISBN 978-0-8493-2677-6
  3. International Plant Names Index. Mildbr.