Hiepko, Paul Hubertus Josef   (1932 - 2019)

Born on 16 December 1932 in Quedlingurg, Germany; died 2 July 2019 in Potsdam, Germany.

Primary education: Quedlinburg, 1939-1943
Secondary education: Quedlinburg 1943-1951
Tertiary education: Freie Universitat Berlin 1953-1959

Employment:
Institute for Systematic Botany (Freie Univ. Berlin) 1959-1965
Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Berlin, 1965-1997
(Head of Phanerogams from 1974)

Interests:
Flora of West Africa (Dicots, Togo)
Flora of Guianas
Opiliaceae (worldwide)
nomenclature

Major Field Trips:
Spain (850 numbers) 1967
Togo (470 numbers) 1973
Thailand (900 numbers) 1974
West New Guinea (1170 numbers) 1976

Contributed to the Flora of Australia in mid-1980s.
Does not appear to have collected in Australia (AVH, 2021)

Source: ABRS contributors survey, mid-1980s
Portrait Photo: 1983, supplied to ABRS by Hiepko.