Friedrich Dehnhardt
Friedrich Dehnhardt (* 1787 in Hanover , † 1870 in Naples ) was a German gardener and botanist . Its botanical author abbreviation is “ Dehnh. "
Dehnhardt spent most of his professional life in Italy . In 1833 he created the Park of Capodimonte, today the “green lung” of the city of Naples. He was also one of the directors of the local botanical garden .
In 1817 the botanist Allan Cunningham had sent him seeds and samples of the red eucalyptus from Australia. In 1832 Dehnhardt published his first description and named the eucalyptus species Eucalyptus camaldulensis . He later planted a number of trees of this species, but all of them were removed by 1920.
Publications (selection)
- Descriptions of various edible figs, along with observations on their cultivation
Individual evidence
- ↑ Footnote 7 in the source of the Real Jardín Botánico, Madrid (PDF; 363 kB). Retrieved May 22, 2013
- ↑ Dehnh. Author Query, International Plant Name Index (IPNI) . Retrieved May 22, 2013
- ↑ Friedrich Dehnhardt in: DJ Boland, MIH Brooker, GM Chippendale, N. Hall, BPM Highland, RD Johnston, DA Kleinig, MW McDonald & JD Turner (editors): Forest Trees of Australia . CSIRO Publishing. 5th edition 2006. p. 768 at Google Books . Retrieved May 22, 2013
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Dehnhardt, Friedrich |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German botanist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1787 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hanover |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1870 |
| Place of death | Naples |