> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 285](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33260273) of TL-2 Suppl. VI > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/2493-1) LSID 2493-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2622975) QID Q2622975 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] > [!example] See also [[Eig, Alexander|first entry]] for this author ### Author \* Eig, Alexander (1894(1895?)-1938), Russian born Palestinian botanist, came to Palestine at the age of 14 to study at the agricultural school of Mikveh, joined the jewish legion during the war, assistant to Prof. O. Warburg in 1925, Dr. Sci. at Montpellier in 1931, travelled in Syria, Turkey and Iraq 1931-1933, founder of the botanical society of Palestine and the "Palestine journal of botany", died 30 Jul 1938 at Jerusalem. **Abbreviated name**: *Eig* \[standard form in IPNI: *Eig*\] #### Herbarium and types [[Collection B|B]], [[Collection G|G]], [[Collection GB|GB]], [[Collection HUJ|HUJ]], [[Collection P|P]] (100). – Issued with other botanists "Flora exsiccata Palaestinae", Cent. I, II, III, IV (1930, 1932, 1934, 1938). #### Bibliography and biography Barnhart 1: 500; IH 2: 179; Kew 2: 178; 179; TL-2/1: 798. #### Biofile - Anon., J. Bot. 76: 248. Aug 1938 (d. at age of 43); ÖBZ 88(1): 80. 1939. - Blakelock, R.A. and E.R. Guest, Fl. Iraq 1: 110, 112. 1966. - Frodin, D.G., Guide standard floras world 585. 1984. - Gager, C.S., Brooklyn Bot. Gard. Record 27(3): 314. 1938. - Rayss, T., Bull. Soc. bot. France 86: 171-173. 1939 (biogr.). - White, A. and B.L. Sloane, The Stapelieae ed. 2, p. 17, preface. 1937. - Wulff, E.V., Intr. hist. pl. geogr. 202, 203, 204, 205, 213. 1943. ### Publications ##### n.32.577. contribution **Title** A *contribution* to the knowledge of the *flora* of *Palestine*... Tel-Aviv, Palestine... 1926. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Contr. fl. Palestine*. **Notes** *Preface*: by Otto Warburg (1859-1938), see TL-2/7: 59-62. *Publ*.: Feb 1926 (date on cover-t.p., Nat. Nov. Nov 1929), cover-t.p., p. \[1\]-72. *Copies*: B, L, U. – Issued as Bull. Inst. Agric. Nat. Hist. no. 4. 1926. *Ref*.: Krause, K., Bot. Jahrb. 61(Lit.): 32-33. 1927 (rev.). *A second contribution...*: Mai-Jun 1927 (date on cover-t.p., Nat. Nov. Nov 1929), cover-t.p., p. \[i, t.p.\], \[ii, err.\], \[iii dedication to Eliezer Factorovsky (1897-1926)\], v-viii, 1-88, *pl. 1-6 *(uncol. phot.). *Copies*: B, L, U. – Id. no. 6. 1927. ##### n.32.578. vegetation **Title** On the *vegetation* of *Palestine*... Tel-Aviv, Palestine... 1927. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Veget. Palestine*. **Notes** *Publ*.: Jun 1927 (date on cover-t.p., Nat. Nov. Nov 1929), cover-t.p., p. \[i-vi\], 1-88, 13 p. with phot., 3 maps, unnumb. errata-p. between phot. and p. 85. *Copies*: B, L, MO, NY, U. – Issued as Bull. Inst. Agric. Nat. Hist. no. 7. 1927 (translated from Hebrew). ##### n.32.579. Notes **Title** *Notes* sur le genre *Aegilops*... Extrait du Bulletin de la Société Botanique de Genève ... 1928. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 7-15 Mar 1928 (printed 7 Mar 1928, Nat. Nov. Nov 1929), cover-t.p., p. \[1\]-12. *Copies*: B, G. – Reprinted and to be cited from Bull. Soc. bot. Genève ser. 2. 19(2): 322-333. 1928. ##### n.32.580. Aegilops sharonensis **Title** *Aegilops sharonensis* n. sp.... Aus "Notizblatt des Bot. Gard. u. Mus. Berlin-Dahlem" ... 1928. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1 Dec 1928 (in journal), p. \[489\]-491. *Copies*: B, G, L. – Reprinted and to be cited from Notizbl. bot. Gart. Mus. Berlin-Dahlem 10(95): 489-491. 1928. ##### n.32.581. Monographisch-kritische Uebersicht **Title** *Monographisch-kritische Uebersicht* der Gattung *Aegilops*... Dahlem bei Berlin (Verlag des Repertoriums,...) 1929. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Monogr. Aegilops*. **Notes** *Publ*.: 15 Feb 1929 (date on cover-t.p.), cover-t.p., p. \[1\]-228, *pl. 1-15* (uncol. liths.), 16-18 (7 maps). *Copies*: B, L, U; IDC F-746/2, mf. 305-309. – Issued as Beih. Repert. spec. nov. regni veget. 55. 1929. ##### n.32.582. Amblyoparum **Title** *Amblyoparum* Eig. A new genus separated from the genus Aegilops... Reprinted from Agricultural Records... 1929. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: Mai 1929 (date on p. \[201\]), p. \[199\]-204. *Copies*: BKL, G, L, U. – Reprinted and to be cited from Agric. Records (Tel-Aviv) 2: 199-204. 1929. ##### n.32.583. Kritische Bemerkungen **Title** *Kritische Bemerkungen* über: A critical systematical survey of the species of the genus *Aegilops* L. by P.M. Zhukovsky... Sonderabdruck aus Engler's Botanischen Jahrbüchern... \[1929\]. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 15 Mai 1929 (in journal), p. \[1\]-14. *Copies*: G(2), L. – Reprinted and to be cited from Bot. Jahrb. 62(5): 570-583. 1929. ##### n.32.584. Two **Title** *Two* new *oriental species*... Reprinted from Agricultural Records... 1929. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: Mai 1929 (date on p. \[205\]), p. \[205\]-208. *Copies*: BKL, G, U. – Reprinted and to be cited from Agric. Records (Tel-Aviv) 2: 205-208. 1929. ##### n.32.585. Zwei **Title** *Zwei* neue *Gramineengattungen* von der Ventenata-Gattung gesondert... Sonderabdruck aus Fedde, Repertorium... 1929. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 5 Mar 1929 (in journal), p. \[65\]-79, *pl. 74* (uncol. phot.). *Copies*: B, BKL, G, L, U. – Reprinted and to be cited from Fedde, Repert. spec. nov. 26: 65-79, \[418-431\], *pl. 74.* 1929. ##### n.32.586. phytogéographie palestinienne **Title** Quelques faits de la *phytogéographie palestinienne* précédés par des remarques sur les notions phytogéographiques... Saint-Dizier (Établissements André Brulliard) 1931. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: Sep (sero) 1931 (fide Leussink in mss. in library FAS, read 22 Mai 1931), cover-t.p., p. \[297\]-305. *Copy*: B. – Reprinted and to be cited from Bull. Soc. bot. France 78(5-6): 297-305. 1931. ##### n.32.587. éléments **Title** Les *éléments* et les *groupes phytogéographiques* auxiliaires dans la flore palestinienne... Dahlem bei Berlin (Verlag des Repertoriums,...) 1931. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Élém. groupes phytogéogr.* **Notes** *Publ*.: 15 Oct 1931 (date on cover-t.p.), \[Teil I:\]: cover-t.p., p. \[i\], 1-201, \[Teil II\]: \[i-v\], tables 1-120. *Copies*: B, L, U; IDC F 746/2, mf. 343-346; 346-355. – Issued as Beih. Repert. spec. nov. regni veget. 63. 1931. *Ref*.: Krause, K., Bot. Jahrb. 66(Lit.): 23-24. 25 Jan 1934 (rev.). - *Note*: This publication was Eig's thesis at the University of Montpellier. ##### n.32.588. Bellevalia desertorum **Title** *Bellevalia desertorum* n. sp.... Sonderdruck aus "Beihefte zum Bot. Centralbl. "... 1932. Oct. **Notes** *Co-author*: Naomi Feinbrun. *Publ*.: 1932, p. \[666\]-668. *Copies*: L, U. – Reprinted and to be cited from Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 49(2): 666-668. 1932. ##### n.32.589. Revision **Title** *Revision* of the *Erodium* species of *Palestine*... Sonderdruck aus "Beihefte zum Bot. Centralbl. "... 1932. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1932, cover (identif.), p. \[226\]-249. *Copies*: G, L, U. – Reprinted and to be cited from Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 50(2): 226-240. 1932. ##### n.32.590. synonymy **Title** On the *synonymy* of *Cornucopiae alopecuroides* L.... Extracted from the Proceedings of the Linnean Society... \[1933\]. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 19 Jan 1933 (in journal), p. \[69\]-73. *Copies*: BKL, G, L, U. – Reprinted and to be cited from Proc. Linn. Soc. London Session 145(2): 69-73. 1933. ##### n.32.591. Ecological **Title** *Ecological* and phytogeographical *observations* on *Palestine plants*... Sonderdruck aus "Beihefte zum Bot. Centralbl. "... 1933. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1933, cover (identif.), p. \[470\]-496. *Copies*: G, L, U. – Reprinted and to be cited from Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 50(2): 470-496. 1933. ##### n.32.592. Palestinian forests **Title** A historical-physiological essay on *Palestinian forests* of Quercus aegilops L. ssp. ithaburensis (Desc.) in past and present... Sonderdruck aus den Beiheften zum Botanischen Centralblatt... 1933. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1933, cover-t.p., p. \[225\]-272. *Copy*: U. – Reprinted and to be cited from Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 51(2): 225-272. 1933. ##### n.32.593. Palestinian honey-yielding plants **Title** *Palestinian honey-yielding plants* (With particular reference to the extension of Citrus plantations... Reprinted from "Hadar"... Tel Aviv... 1933. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: Mar-Apr 1933 (date on p. \[1\]), p. \[1, t.p.\]-16. *Copy*: U. – Reprinted and to be cited from Hadar (Monthly journal devoted to the citrus industry in Palestine) 6(3-4). 1933. (n.v.). ##### n.32.594. Astragalus **Title** *Astragalus* (Sect. Platyglottis):... Revision of *Palestine species*... Extracted from The Journal of Botany... 1934. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: Mai 1934 (in journal), p. \[121\]-132, *pl. 604-605* (uncol. phot.). *Copies*: BKL, G, L. – Reprinted and to be cited from J. Bot. 72(5): 121-132, *pl. 604-605.* 1934. ##### n.32.595. Neglected Syrian plants **Title** *Neglected Syrian plants* of Banks and Solander... Extracted from the Journal of Botany... 1937. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: Jul 1937 (in journal), p. \[185\]-192. *Copies*: B, G, L. – Reprinted and to be cited from J. Bot. 75: 185-192. 1937.