JOSEF BOGNER (1939–2020)

Josef Bogner (Fig. 1), who passed away on 23 April this year, was an expert on the taxonomy and biology of monocots, especially aquatic species and Araceae, a family on which he published 199 papers. Josef was born on 29 January 1939 in Gersthofen, about 7 km north of Augsburg in Bavaria. His father and mother produced vegetables and flowers, which may have kindled Josef's love of plants. His formal training, completed in 1956, was as a floral and ornamental plant horticulturist. His exceptionally strong professional interest in this field soon led him abroad. From 1962 to 1963, Josef was a student gardener at the University Botanic Garden of Cambridge (U.K.). In 1966, he completed a degree as a horticultural…