Helga Dietrich
German botanist
Helga Dietrich's AcademicInfluence.com Rankings
Download Badge
Biology
Why Is Helga Dietrich Influential?
(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Helga Dietrich was a German orchidologist and author who is noted for her comprehensive guides to literature on orchids, and for her work as curator of the Botanischer Garten Jena. She described over eighty species of orchids, many from Cuba. She was a 2012 recipient of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany. Dietrich studied biology at the University of Jena from 1959 and graduated in 1964 with a diploma on the topic The Pollen Morphology of the Plantaginaceae. Afterwards she was a research assistant at the Institute of Special Botany/Botanical Garden of the University. After receiving her doctorate in 1975, she was appointed curator of the Jena Botanical Garden. Her dissertation was on the subject of On the Trait Inventory of the Plantaginaceae and its Significance for Systematics. In 1980 she received the teaching qualification, between 1989 and 1994 she completed a PhD-B procedure, which was recognized as habilitation a short time later. From 1994 to 2006 she was a lecturer at the Institute of Special Botany, since April 2006 she was a lecturer there.
Other Resources About Helga Dietrich
What Schools Are Affiliated With Helga Dietrich?
Helga Dietrich is affiliated with the following schools:
