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Alwin Berger
Alwin Berger
(28 August 1871 – 20 April 1931) was a
German
botanist
best known for his contribution to the nomenclature of
succulent
plants, particularly
agaves
and
cacti
. Born in
Germany
he worked at the
botanical gardens
in
Dresden
and
Frankfurt
. From 1897 to 1914 he was curator of the
Giardini Botanici Hanbury
, the
botanical gardens
of Sir
Thomas Hanbury
at
La Mortola
, near
Ventimiglia
in northwestern
Italy
, close to the border with
France
. After working in Germany from 1914 to 1919, Berger studied in the United States for three years, before spending his final years as director of the department of botany of the natural history museum in
Stuttgart
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