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Adolf Engler , 1844-1930, German botanist. He emphasized the importance of geological history in the study of plant geography, and worked out an influential system of plant classification. A professor at the Univ. of Berlin and director of the botanical gardens (1889-1921) there, he founded and edited (from 1881) the periodical Botanische ...

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