> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 161](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33120292) of TL-2 Vol. I > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/598-1) LSID 598-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4719276) QID Q4719276 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] > [!example] See also [[Becker, Alexander (Suppl.)|second entry]] for this author ### Author Becker, Alexander (1818-1901), Russian botanist and musician (organ player) at Sarepta, explorer of the lower Wolga region and the Caucasus. **Abbreviated name**: *A. Becker* \[standard form in IPNI: *A.K.Becker*\] #### Herbarium and types Unknown, Becker distributed many plants partly through Hohenacker; important set at [[Collection LE|LE]], for duplicates see IH. Some collections went under the title *Plantae desertorum wolgae inferions* (see e.g. Bot. Zeit. 13: 391-392. 1855, 14: 295. 1856, Flora 39: 256. 1856, Bonplandia 6: 341. 1858), others as *Plantae caucasicae rariores * (Bonplandia 6: 341. 1858). *Ref*.: IH 2: 64. - Anon., Flora 38: 224, 240. 1855. - Becker, Verzeichnis der um Sarepta wildwachsenden Pflanzen, Moskau 1858 (n.v. see Flora 45: 207-208. 1862, obviously a reprint from Bull. Soc. nat. Mosc. 1858, no. 3). #### Bibliography and biography AG 2(1): 465; Barnhart 1: 149; Bossert p. 31; CSP 1: 229-230, 7: 117, 9: 160-161; Jackson p. 330; Kew 1: 198. - Wiren, Acta Horti Univ. Jurj. 2: 126-129. 1901 (portr., bibl.) #### Eponymy For eponyms based on the name Becker, cf. infra, sub J. Becker.