Helmut Gams
Helmut Gams (1893–1976) was a central European botanist. Born in Brno, he moved to Zürich as a child. He studied at the University of Zurich, being awarded a PhD in 1918. During his career, he worked at the University of Munich and the University of Innsbruck. His research saw him pursue fieldwork around Europe and Asia. He was a geobotanist who specialized in the associations of different species of mosses and lichens with each other and the environment.[1][2] Gams coined the terms 'biocoenology' and 'phytocoenology' in his 1918 PhD thesis.[3][4]
Two species named after Gams are Phacus gamsii and Rumex gamsii.[5]
Gams's son, Walter Gams (1934–2017), was a mycologist and taxonomist.[6]
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- 1893 births
- 1976 deaths
- Scientists from Zurich
- People from the Margraviate of Moravia
- 20th-century Swiss botanists
- Lichenologists
- Bryologists
- University of Zurich alumni
- Academic staff of the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich
- Academic staff of the University of Innsbruck
- Emigrants from Austria-Hungary to Switzerland
- Botanist stubs