Friedrich Alefeld

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Friedrich Georg Christoph Alefeld called Lechdring Lechdringhausen (* 21st October 1820 in Gräfenhausen ; † 28. April 1872 in Ober-Ramstadt ) was a German physician and botanist . Its official botanical author abbreviation is “ Alef. "

Life

Friedrich Alefeld was born the son of a councilor. He attended high schools in Worms and Darmstadt , then moved to the University of Giessen in 1839 . From 1840 to 1842 he studied in Heidelberg , where he turned to the natural sciences. In 1843 he received his doctorate in Giessen. After six months of practical work at the Juliushospital in Würzburg , he settled as a doctor near Darmstadt: from spring 1844 in Nieder-Modau and from 1847 in Ober-Ramstadt , from July 1, 1867, he lived in the former Dr. Gustav Knös'schen house and was the owner of the property from 1868. A street in Ober-Ramstadt is named after Alefeld.

plant

His scientific work focused in particular on the systematic processing of German crops and their systematics. He dedicated himself in particular to individual plant genera from the leguminous and Malvacean families . In addition to a number of articles in the German botanical journals of the time, he also wrote a book on the effects of herbal baths on health.

Works

A selection of his numerous writings:

  • Agricultural flora. or The usable cultivated garden and field plants of Central Europe in all their wild and cultivated varieties for farmers, horticulturists, gardeners and botanists, especially for agricultural educational establishments. Berlin, Wiegandt & Hempel, 1866.
  • Basics of phytobalneology; or, The doctrine of the herbal baths. Neuwied, Heuser, 1863.
  • The bee flora of Germany and Switzerland. Neuwied, Heuser, 1863.

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  1. ↑ Starkenburger Provinzial-Anzeiger - Dieburger Kreisblatt, No. 53/1867.
  2. ↑ : Carl Jessen:  Alefeld, Friedrich . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 1, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1875, p. 333 .; Pritzel, Thes. lit. bot .; Catalog of scientific papers I. p. 40.

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personal data
SURNAME Alefeld, Friedrich
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Alefeld, Friedrich Georg Christoph; Lechdringhausen, Lechdring
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German botanist
DATE OF BIRTH October 21, 1820
PLACE OF BIRTH Graefenhausen (Weiterstadt)
DATE OF DEATH April 28, 1872
Place of death Ober-Ramstadt