Hackenberg, Karl Günther |
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(Source: Flora Malesiana ser. 1, 1: Cyclopaedia of collectors) |
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Born: 1898, Barmen, Germany. |
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Officer in the German army; in the years 1921-23 assistant on an estate at Sampit, SE. Borneo. Diels named several plants after him. |
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1923. S. Borneo: environs of Sampit (May-Oct.). Evidently he collected at Sabang (P. Weh, N of Sumatra) too, probably on his return to Germany. |
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Herb. Berl. [B]: c. 150 nos from Borneo;1 also from Sabang (P. Weh), e.g. Selaginella mayeri. |
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(1) L. Diels & K.G. Hackenberg: ‘Beiträge zur Vegetationskunde and Floristik von Süd-Borneo’ (Engl. Bot. Jahrb. 60, 1926, p. 291-316). |
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Backer, Verkl. Woordenb., 1936. |