Eric Walther (botanist)

Edward Eric Walther (born August 14, 1892 in Dresden , † July 1, 1959 in San Francisco ) was an American gardener and botanist . His specialties included the genus of aloes ( Aloe ) and the thick-leaf family (Crassulaceae).

Live and act

Eric Walther emigrated to the United States in 1909 . From 1917 on he was a gardener in Golden Gate Park in San Francisco and eventually became director of the Strybing Arboretum and Botanical Gardens. Since 1935, Eric Walther's interest has focused on the genus Echeveria . His unfinished monograph on this genre was completed by John Thomas Howell and Reid Venable Moran and appeared in 1972, thirteen years after his death.

The Echeveria species Echeveria waltheri was named after him in 1961 by Reid Moran and Jorge Meyrán .

Fonts (selection)

A key to the species of Eucalyptus grown in California. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences . Volume 17, Number 3, 1928, pp. 67-87. (on-line)
with James West, Pearl Chase: Cacti and other succulents: an annotated list of plants cultivated in the Santa Barbara region . 1930.
Echeveria hybrids. A. With Pachyphytum . In: Cactus and Succulent Journal. Volume 6, Number 4, pp. 53-56.
Illustrations in Crassulaceae. In: Cactus and Succulent Journal. Volume 8, pp. 150-151.
with Elizabeth May McClintock: Guide list to plants in the Strybing Arboretum . 1958. (online)
Echeveria . California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco 1972. (posthumous)

literature

Gordon Douglas Rowley : A History of Succulent Plants. Strawberry Press, 1997, ISBN 0-912647-16-0 , p. 385.

Web links

Author entry and list of the described plant names for Eric Walther (botanist) at the IPNI

Individual evidence

↑ Urs Eggli, Leonard E. Newton: Etymological Dictionary of Succulent Plant Names . Springer, Berlin / Heidelberg 2010, ISBN 978-3-642-05597-3 , p. 255.

personal data
SURNAME	Walther, Eric
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Walther, Edward Eric (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American gardener and botanist
DATE OF BIRTH	August 14, 1892
PLACE OF BIRTH	Dresden
DATE OF DEATH	July 1, 1959
Place of death	San Francisco

[1] Urs Eggli, Leonard E. Newton: Etymological Dictionary of Succulent Plant Names . Springer, Berlin / Heidelberg 2010, ISBN 978-3-642-05597-3 , p. 255.