Adolf Straehler
Adolf Straehler (also Strähler) (10. December 1829 – 12 February 1897) was a Silesian forester and botanist. Life. Straehler was born in Szczawno-Zdrój (Salzbrunn), Lower Silesian, Poland. He first attended his local village school, before attending the secondary school in Kamienna Góra (Landeshut), where he was taught by Conrector Höger who cultivated Straehler's life-long interest of flora. He completed a forestry apprenticeship in Unisław Śląski (Langwaltersdorf) and then undertook military service in the Garde-Jäger-Bataillon. After completing his service, Straehler was employed as a forestry assistant at Pszczyna (Pless) and Glinik Nowy (Neuhain). In 1858  he was transferred to Sokołowsko (Görbersdorf) and promoted to the district's forester. In 1880, he became the chief forester at Leśniczówka Smolary (Theerkeute), and it is in Leśniczówka Smolary that he started to publish his studies of the local flora. He retired in 1890 and moved to Jawor (Jauer) to be closer to family. He died after a period of poor health in 1897. Taxonomic contributions and standard author abbreviation. He named the following willow hybrids: Botanical collections. Straehler's plant collections are held in various European herbaria, including the Wroclaw University herbarium, the herbarium of the Bucharest Botanical  Garden, the University of Copenhagen herbarium, the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, Naturalis Leiden, the Komarov Botanical Institute, and the National Museum Wales. In Australasia, specimens are held by the National Herbarium of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria.