Werner Rauh was an internationally renowned German biologist, botanist and author
Education
Born in the town of Niemegk near Bitterfeld, Rauh studied at Biology faculty at the University of Halle under the famous morphologist Wilhelm Troll and received his doctorate in Botany in 1937 before coming to the University of Heidelberg two years later.
Career
He discovered or described some 1200 genera, species and varieties of plants from Africa, the Americas and Asia. His fields of specialization were the Bromeliads and succulent plants. He was a Professor at the University of Heidelberg and Director of the Institute of Plant Systematics and Plant Geography as well as Director of the Heidelberger Botanical Gardens and authored over 300 scholarly books and articles
His work on the succulent and xerophytic flora of Madagascar is presented in his two-volume work Succulent and Xerophytic Plants of Madagascar.
1950: Morocco 1954: Peru, Ecuador 1956: Peru 1959/1960: Madagascar, Tasmania, Kenya 1961: Madagascar, South Africa 1963: Madagascar, Comoros 1964: South Africa 1966: Mexico 1967: Peru 1968: South Africa 1969: Madagascar, Comoros 1970: Peru, Mexico 1971: United States of America 1973: Ecuador, Galapagos Islands Peru, Brazil 1974: Mexico 1975: Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Panama 1976: Peru, Bolivia, Chile 1977: United States of America Guatemala, Costa Rica, Panama 1978: Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Philippines 1979: Namibia, South Africa 1980: Mexico, Peru, Ecuador 1981: Brazil 1982: United States of America, Panama, Dominican Republic 1983: Ecuador, Peru, Argentina 1984: Venezuela, Dominican Republic, Panama 1985: United States of America, Mexico, Peru 1986: Brazil 1994: Madagascar.
Membership
Heidelberg Academy for Sciences and Humanities.