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Wilhelm Gustav Franz Herter

Wilhelm Gustav Franz Herter is a science topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Wilhelm Gustav Franz Herter rather than just read about it. In short: Wilhelm Gustav Franz Herter (10 January 1884 in Berlin – 17 April 1958 in Hamburg) was a German-Uruguayan botanist and mycologist. In 1908, he received his doctorate in Berlin with a dissertation on the genus Lycopodium.

Key takeaways

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Reference excerpt

Wilhelm Gustav Franz Herter (10 January 1884 in Berlin – 17 April 1958 in Hamburg) was a German-Uruguayan botanist and mycologist. In 1908, he received his doctorate in Berlin with a dissertation on the genus Lycopodium. From 1923 to 1939, he lived and worked in Uruguay, gaining Uruguayan citizenship in 1925. In Montevideo, he was associated with its botanical garden and museum, and in the meantime taught classes at the university. In 1934, he became director of the Revista Sudamericana de Botánica. During the Second World War, Herter was Director of the Nazi-publishing series Veröffentlichungen der Staatlichen Botanischen Anstalten des Generalgouvernements. Known for his work in the fields of systematics and taxonomy, he is credited with identifying more than 200 species new to science. He was a leading expert on the botanical order Lycopodiales. Taxa with the specific epithet of herteri are named in his honor, an example being the mycological species Tulostoma herteri.

Selected works "Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Gattung Lycopodium", 1908 "Plantae Uruguayenses", (with Cornelius Osten), 1925 "Estudios botanicos en la region Uruguaya", 1927 "Flora ilustrada del Uruguay", 1939 "Systema Lycopodiorum" 1950

Herter issued the exsiccata Plantae Uruguayenses exsiccatae.

References

External links IPNI List of plants described & co-described by Herter.

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Wilhelm Gustav Franz Herter

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Wilhelm Gustav Franz Herter claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In science, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Wilhelm Gustav Franz Herter before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Wilhelm Gustav Franz Herter ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Wilhelm Gustav Franz Herter

In research: Wilhelm Gustav Franz Herter appears in science research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Wilhelm Gustav Franz Herter in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Wilhelm Gustav Franz Herter is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 1884 births, 1958 deaths, 20th-century German botanists, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Wilhelm Gustav Franz Herter outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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