1. Wilhelm Hofmeister and the foundations of plant science
Cyrus Martin 
Current Biology 
Volume 27, Issue 17, Pages R853-R855 (September 2017)
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2. Figure 1 Wilhelm Hofmeister.
A portrait of Hofmeister, age undetermined. (From Goebel, K. von (1905). The Plant World 8, 291–298.)
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3. 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].
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