Wilhelm Hofmeister and the foundations of plant science Cyrus Martin  Current Biology  Volume 27, Issue 17, Pages R853-R855 (September 2017) DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2017.08.039 Copyright © 2017 Elsevier Ltd Terms and Conditions

Figure 1 Wilhelm Hofmeister. A portrait of Hofmeister, age undetermined. (From Goebel, K. von (1905). The Plant World 8, 291–298.) Current Biology 2017 27, R853-R855DOI: (10.1016/j.cub.2017.08.039) Copyright © 2017 Elsevier Ltd Terms and Conditions

Figure 2 An eye for detail. An example of the illustrative skills of Hofmeister, which demonstrates his attention to detail while documenting the life cycles of plants. Illustrated here is a moss archegonium before and after fertilization. Image from [5]. Current Biology 2017 27, R853-R855DOI: (10.1016/j.cub.2017.08.039) Copyright © 2017 Elsevier Ltd Terms and Conditions