Hubert Winkler

Hubert Winkler (13 February 1875 in Prenzlau – 10 June 1941 in Breslau) was a German botanist, who specialized in tropical flora research.

From 1895 he studied theology and botany at the University of Breslau, where in 1901/02 he worked as an assistant at the botanical garden.

In 1921 he became an associate professor of phytogeography at the University of Breslau, where in 1927 he attained a full professorship.

[1] In 1905, botanist Adolf Engler published Winklerella, which is a genus of flowering plants from Cameroon, belonging to the family Podostemaceae.

[2] In 1908 he conducted botanical studies in the Malay Peninsula and the Dutch East Indies, where he also collected rattan plants and seed for importation to German colonies.