![]() thesis on the systematics of the tribe Notocacteae (Cactaceae) from South America. In 1997 he received a doctor’s degree with a Ph.D. Reto Nyffeler studied biology at the University of Zürich. ![]() Eggli was awarded the Cactus d’Or by the International Organization for Succulent Plant Study in 2015.ĭr. Anderson’s 2001 monograph of the Cactaceae. During 2001–2003 he edited four volumes of the first edition of the present series, and in 2005 he translated and revised E. Since 1995 he is editor of the annual Repertorium Plantarum Succulentarum. His numerous publications cover a diversity of aspects of the biology of succulent plants. He traveled widely to study succulent plants in habitat, especially in Latin America. ![]() ![]() Eggli is an expert in the classification of succulents, especially of the families Crassulaceae and Cactaceae, and a specialist of nomenclature. His main focus of interest is the diverse biological aspects of succulent plants. Subsequently, he became a scientific assistant at the Sukkulenten-Sammlung Zürich, Switzerland, where he continues to curate the herbarium and is responsible for public education, special exhibits, and all aspects of information dissemination. Urs Eggli studied botany at the University of Zürich and produced a monographic study of the genus Rosularia (Crassulaceae) for his Ph.D. ![]()
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