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Gerhard Benl
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German systematic botanist and teacher. Benl was born in Nuremburg and graduated from the University of Munich. He worked as a schoolteacher in Munich from 1934-1973, meanwhile continuing his botanical studies, which focussed on the genus Ptilotus (Amaranthaceae) and ferns of tropical West Africa. He was associated with the state herbarium in Munich from 1946.
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Collected plants in: West African Islands: Canary Islands, Madeira, Australasia: Australia, Tropical Africa: Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Europe: Croatia, Germany, North Africa: Libya, Tunisia, Malesian region: Malaysia, Caribbean region: Martinique, Mascarenes: Mauritius, Indian region: Sri Lanka, Indo-China: Thailand
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Created - April 2026, C.Kemnitz
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Natural History Museum (BM). https://plants.jstor.org/stable/10.5555/al.ap.person.bm000000600