Carl August Ehrenberg
Carl August Ehrenberg (born August 24, 1801 in Delitzsch , † August 13, 1849 in Berlin ) was a Saxon - Prussian , German botanist and plant collector . His botanical author abbreviation is " C.Ehrenb. "
Carl August Ehrenberg worked as an employee of a mining company from 1827 to 1840 in Central America and Mexico . In his spare time he did scientific studies and collected plants, animals and minerals for sale in Europe. He studied the living conditions and the morphology, especially of the cactus family in their homeland. He was in close correspondence with Diederich von Schlechtendal , the custodian of the royal herbarium of Berlin . He sent him plants in several consignments.
In the summer of 1840 he returned to Berlin. In 1843 he described Pelecyphora aselliformis in the Botanische Zeitung. At the same time, he established a new, then monotypical genus in the cactus family .
Several species of cacti and other plants were named in honor of Ehrenberg.
His brother Christian Gottfried Ehrenberg was an important natural scientist of his time.
Individual evidence
- ^ Fritz Kümmel: Carl August Ehrenberg (1801–1849) - the discoverer of Pelecyphora aselliformis in cactus succulents (1978) p. 114 ff.
Web links
- Author entry and list of the described plant names for Carl August Ehrenberg at the IPNI
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Ehrenberg, Carl August |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German botanist and plant collector |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 24, 1801 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Delitzsch |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 13, 1849 |
| Place of death | Berlin |