Gustav Wilhelm Körber

Gustav Wilhelm Körber (1817–1885), lichenologist, professor at the University of Wroclaw, Poland. Körber made contributions to the systematics of crustose genera of lichens using microscopical features (e.g. Lecidella, Porpidia, Pyrrhospora).

Standard IPNI form: Körb.

Taxon names authored

(List may be incomplete)

• 13 taxon names authored by Gustav Wilhelm Körber

Publications

(List may be incomplete)

• Körber, G.W. 1890. De gonidiis lichenum
• Körber, G.W. 1854–1855. Systema lichenum germaniae
• Körber, G.W. 1859–1865. Parerga lichenologica

Körber's Herbarium

• Liška, J. 2013. The significance of Körber's “Typenherbar”, with an explanation of the locality abbreviations on his labels. The Lichenologist 45(1): 5–33. (doi:10.1017/S0024282912000552).