Otto Degener (1899–1988), American botanist and conservationist
Degener was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1870 to the Forty-second Congress.
Born on 28 November 1893 in Metz, Joachim Degener joined the German military straight from school in 1912, and in the First World War, he was an Oberleutnant (First Lieutenant).
Otto Degener (May 13, 1899 – January 16, 1988) was a botanist and conservationist who specialized in identifying plants of the Hawaiian Islands.
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In 1932, Degener started the first book on Hawaiian plants published since that of William Hillebrand in 1888.