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### Author
Spilger, Ludwig (1881-1941), German (Hessen) botanist and historian of botany; Dr. phil. Giessen 1903; teacher at the Bentheim teacher's college 1909-1927; "Oberstudienrat" at the Pädagogische Akademie, Technische Hochschule Darmstadt, 1927.
**Abbreviated name**: *Spilger* \[standard form in IPNI: *Spilger*\]
#### Herbarium and types
Unknown. – Had a collection of 10.000 letters of Hessian and Pfalz botanists (5000 stemming from Solms-Laubach).
#### Bibliography and biography
BFM 343, 344, 345, 375, 376; Biol.-Dokum. 17: 8805-8807; LS suppl. 26273-26278.
#### Biofile
- Löhr, O., Mitt. Pollichia ser. 2. 10: 142. 1942 (obit. not.).
- Stocker, O., Ber. Oberhess. Ges. Nat. Heilk. Giessen 20/22: xi-xvi. 1942 (repr. p. 1-6) (obit.; portr., bibliography of 234 items available from Darmstadt).
- Ziegler, H., Ber. deut. bot. Ges. 81: 565. 1970.
### Publications
##### n.12.617. Flora und Vegetation des Vogelbergs
**Title**
*Flora und Vegetation des Vogelbergs*. Inaugural-Dissertation zur Erlangung der Doktorwürde der philosophischen Fakultät der Grossh. Hessischen Ludwigs-Universität zu Giessen... Giessen (Verlag von Emil Roth) 1903. Oct.
**Abbreviated title**: *Fl. Veg. Vogelsb.*
**Notes**
*Publ*.: Jun 1903 (text admitted 13 Oct 1902; commercial issue signed Jun 1903 by "Dr. Ludwig Spilger"; Bot. Zeit. 16 Sep 1903; Nat. Nov. Aug(1) 1903), p. \[i-ii\], \[1\]-132, \[1, vita\]. *Copy*: NY.
*Commercial issue*: Jun 1903 (p. \[iv\]: Jun 1903; AbZ 16 Sep 1903), p. \[i-iv\], \[1\]-134, \[135\].
*Copies*: B, HH.