Paul Aellen

Paul Aellen (1896–1973) was a Swiss botanist, teacher, and plant collector.

[1] He was a plant collector who established an herbarium at Basel designated PAE.

It was later transferred to Geneva and is now incorporated into the general herbarium collection at the Conservatory and Botanical Garden of the City of Geneva.

[1] Aellen named and published 413 plants.

[2] In 1934 Oskar Eberhard Ulbrich named the genus Aellenia in Aellen's honor in 1934.