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3 unusual facts about Johannes Gottfried Hallier


Johannes Gottfried Hallier

In 1894, Hallier became the second European to climb Mount Kelam (after a certain Dr. Gürtler) and the first to collect specimens of the pitcher plant Nepenthes clipeata.

He studied botany and zoology at the University of Jena under Christian Ernst Stahl (1848–1919) and Ernst Haeckel (1834–1919), and continued his studies at the University of Munich under Ludwig Radlkofer (1829–1927) and Richard Hertwig (1850–1937).

Mount Kelam

In 1894, German botanist Johannes Gottfried Hallier became the second European to climb Mount Kemal, after a certain Dr. Gürtler.


Nepenthes clipeata

Nepenthes clipeata was first collected in 1894 by Johannes Gottfried Hallier, who summited Mount Kelam 5 times between 30 January and 13 February.


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