Frédéric Albert Constantin Weber

Frédéric Albert Constantin Weber (born May 17, 1830 in Wolfisheim , † July 27, 1903 in Paris ) was a French doctor and botanist . Its official botanical author abbreviation is " FACWeber ".

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Weber received his doctorate in medicine from the University of Strasbourg in 1852 with his work on cerebral hemorrhage De l'hémorrhagie des méninges cérébrales . He took part as a military surgeon in a French military expedition to Mexico from 1864 to 1867. On his return he described a variety of cacti and agaves . Most of his work was not published until after his death.

Taxa named after Weber

Nathaniel Lord Britton and Joseph Nelson Rose named the genus Weberocereus of the cactus family of plants (Cactaceae) in his honor . Also the plant genus Weberiopuntia Frič ex Kreuz. from the same family is named after him.

The following species are also named after him:

source

Gordon Douglas Rowley : A History of Succulent Plants . Strawberry Press, Mill Valley CA 1997, ISBN 0-912647-16-0 .

Individual evidence

↑ Lotte Burkhardt: Directory of eponymous plant names - Extended Edition. Part I and II. Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin , Freie Universität Berlin , Berlin 2018, ISBN 978-3-946292-26-5 doi: 10.3372 / epolist2018 .

Web links

Author entry and list of the described plant names for Frédéric Albert Constantin Weber at the IPNI
List of cactus species described by Weber

personal data
SURNAME	Weber, Frédéric Albert Constantin
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	FACWeber (botanical author abbreviation)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	French doctor and botanist
DATE OF BIRTH	May 17, 1830
PLACE OF BIRTH	Wolfisheim
DATE OF DEATH	July 27, 1903
Place of death	Paris

[Burkhardt_2018-1] Lotte Burkhardt: Directory of eponymous plant names - Extended Edition. Part I and II. Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin , Freie Universität Berlin , Berlin 2018, ISBN 978-3-946292-26-5 doi: 10.3372 / epolist2018 .