Julius Georg Hubertus Wilhelm Troll (3 November 1897, Munich – 28 December 1978, Mainz) was a German botanist, known for his studies in the field of plant morphology.
He advocated a morphological biology that was rooted in the nature philosophy of Goethe.
From 1919 to 1921, he studied biological sciences at the University of Munich, where he was a pupil of botanist Karl Ritter von Goebel.
[2] In 1929/30 he participated in the Sunda Expedition der Notgemeinschaft der Deutschen Wissenschaft, during which, he conducted studies on the respiratory roots of mangrove plants.
[3] In 1932 he was appointed professor of botany and director of the botanical garden at the University of Halle, and in 1946, he became a professor of botany and general biology at the University of Mainz.