Friedrich Heinrich Wiggers

Friedrich Heinrich Wiggers , also Fridrich Hindrich or Fridericus Henricus , the last name also in the spelling Wicher (born March 15, 1746 in Krempe, Holstein , † March 3, 1811 in Husum ) was a German botanist and doctor. Its botanical author abbreviation is “ FHWigg. "; earlier the abbreviation “ Wiggers ” was also in use.

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His dissertation from 1780 is entitled Primitiae florae holsaticae . In 1787, Georg Heinrich Weber (1752–1828) published a supplement to this under the title Supplementum florae holsaticae .

Honors

After him the plant genus Wiggersia is G.Gaertn., B.Mey. & Scherb. named from the legume family (Fabaceae).

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Robert Zander : Zander concise dictionary of plant names . Ed .: Fritz Encke , Günther Buchheim, Siegmund Seybold . 13th, revised and expanded edition. Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart 1984, ISBN 3-8001-5042-5 .

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 Friedrich Heinrich Wiggers at the IPNI

personal data
SURNAME	Wiggers, Friedrich Heinrich
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Wichers, Friedrich Heinrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German botanist and doctor
DATE OF BIRTH	March 15, 1746
PLACE OF BIRTH	Brim, Holstein
DATE OF DEATH	March 3, 1811
Place of death	Husum

[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 .