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Helmut Gams

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Helmut Gams (1893–1976) was a central European botanist. Born in Brno, he moved to Zürich as a child. He studied at the University of Zurich, being awarded a PhD in 1918. During his career, he worked at the University of Munich and the University of Innsbruck. His research saw him pursue fieldwork around Europe and Asia. He was a geobotanist who specialized in the associations of different species of mosses and lichens with each other and the environment. Gams coined the terms 'biocoenology' and 'phytocoenology' in his 1918 PhD thesis.

Two species named after Gams are Phacus gamsii and Rumex gamsii.

The standard author abbreviation Gams is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.

References

  1. Pitschmann H (1977). "Nachruf auf em. o. Univ.-Prof. Dr. phil. Helmut Gams (1893-1976)" (PDF). Berichte des Naturwissenschaftlich Medizinischen Vereins in Innsbruck (in German). 64: 207–222.
  2. Franz H (1978). "In memoriam Univ.-Prof. Dr. Helmut Gams" (PDF). Verhandlungen der Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Österreich (in German). 116–7: 5–6.
  3. Rabotnov TA. 1970-1979. Phytocoenology. In: The Great Soviet Encyclopedia, 3rd ed.
  4. Gams, Helmut (27 March 1918). "Prinzipienfragen der Vegetationsforschung. Ein Beitrag zur Begriffsklärung und Methodik der Bioeaenologie" (PDF). Vierteljahrsschrift der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft in Zürich. 63 (1): 293–493. Retrieved 6 October 2020.
  5. Hertel, Hannes; Gärtner, Georg; Lőkös, László (2017). "Forscher an Österreichs Flechtenflora" [Investigators of Austria's lichen flora] (PDF). Stapfia (in German). 104 (2): 47.
  6. International Plant Names Index.  Gams.


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