Besser

Besser

1. A botanical plant name author abbreviation for botanist Wilibald Swibert Joseph Gottlieb von Besser (1784-1842).

• Author query of the International Plant Names Index

From the German surname, from Middle High German bezzerære, agent noun from Old High German bezzern (“to collect fines”).

Besser

1. A surname.

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Besser”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 149.