Georg Heinrich Adolf Scheele

Adolf Scheele actually Georg Heinrich Adolf Scheele (born July 4, 1808 in Hanover , † September 6, 1864 in Heersum near Hildesheim) was a German botanist and theologian .

Life

Early life and education

His parents ran a coffee house in Hanover. They made it possible for their first-born son to attend the Lyceum. Already at this time Adolf Scheele was busy collecting plants. In 1826 he enrolled as a theology student in Göttingen, which was what his parents wanted. In the first few semesters, however, he mainly dealt with botany. To finance excursions to the Rhine, Thuringia or the Harz Mountains, he wrote botanical articles for various magazines.

Clergyman

He successfully passed the exam in 1830. He then took on a position as private tutor and then entered the seminary. In 1835 he became vicar at the Aegidienkirche in Hanover, then he was placed as a collaborator with the pastor in Groß Munzel until he took up a pastor's position in Heersum .

botanist

As a botanist he was in contact with German and foreign colleagues. Scheele collected in the Harz Mountains for his herbarium. In 1851 he extended his journey through Saxony, Bavaria, Tyrol to Lambardei and Venice. In 1844 an action to exchange plants in the magazine Flora suggested.

Many plant collectors were able to complete their herbaria by announcing Disederata and duplicates in their collection through exchange or trade.

Scheele's herbarium of phanerogams (seed plants) eventually grew to 10 to 12 thousand species. not only from Germany, but from Norway, Switzerland, Italy, Spain, Africa and North America. After his death it was sold. He had bequeathed a cryptogam herbar to a friend in his will. His botanical author abbreviation is " Scheele ".

Honors

According to Scheele, the plant genus is Scheelea H. Karst. named from the palm family (Arecaceae).

Fonts

List of some rare plants growing in the wild around Hanover with details of their locations. Hannoversches Magazin 20/1825
About the umbelliferous plants found near Hanover. Hannoversches Magazin 1828

literature

Hermann Seeland: August Schlauter a Hildesheim botanist (1803-1849) and contemporary botanist from home. A contribution to the floristry and flora of Hildesheim , Hildesheim (Gerstenberg) 1936.

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 plant names described for Georg Heinrich Adolf Scheele at the IPNI

personal data
SURNAME	Scheele, Georg Heinrich Adolf
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Scheele, Adolf
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German botanist and theologian
DATE OF BIRTH	4th July 1808
PLACE OF BIRTH	Hanover
DATE OF DEATH	September 6, 1864
Place of death	Army

[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 .