Ignaz Dörfler

Austrian botanist (1866-1950).

Ignaz Emanuel Dörfler (June 19, 1866–1950) was an Austrian collector of plants, autographs, and postmarks, who lived in Vienna. He is known to have described various plants. He published "centuries" 31-38 of the exsiccata series "Herbarium Normale" begun by F. W. Schultz. From 1920 to 1937 he curated the collections of the Botanical Institute of the University of Vienna. He collected autographed letters of botanists. He sold them to Uppsala after the First World War. His father was a civil servant in forestry. Ignaz worked for Anton Kerner von Marilaun. He chaired the Vienna Botanical Exchange