Gustav Niederlein

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Expedition to the upper reaches of the Río Paraná in 1892. Niederlein is on the far right.

Gustav Niederlein , Spanish Gustavo Niederlein, (born January 1, 1858 in Großdehsa ; † March 23, 1924 in Santiago del Estero ) was a German-Argentine explorer and naturalist (especially botanist) who worked in Argentina. Its official botanical author abbreviation is " Niederl. "

Live and act

Niederlein emigrated from Germany to Argentina in 1878, where he initially worked at the University of Córdoba with Georg Hans Emmo Wolfgang Hieronymus and collected plants in part on behalf of the Ministry of Agriculture. In 1879 he took part in the so-called desert campaign to Patagonia by General Julio Argentino Roca , which served the colonization of this part of Argentina and partially wiped out the indigenous population. There he collected plants and cataloged them (another participant who dealt with botany was Eduardo Ladislao Holmberg ). Results were presented at the World Exhibition in Paris (1889). From 1880 to 1882 he attended further studies at the University of Berlin and the agricultural college.

He also took part in an expedition on behalf of the Argentine government to the north of the country (area of ​​the former Jesuit state in the border area with Paraguay and Brazil), also to collect natural history material for the world exhibition in Chicago (1893). The world exhibition also served to promote European settlers in Argentina. Niederlein himself also campaigned for German settlers in Argentina, for example by publishing information about the country in German.

His participation in the world exhibitions made him known and Niederlein also worked for the Commercial Museum in Philadelphia (founded by William P. Wilson ), the Colonial Museum in Paris and the Linden Museum in Stuttgart, which wanted to purchase objects from him. After the USA conquered the Philippines from 1899 to 1902 (with a significant part of the indigenous population being killed) Niederlein and Wilson were commissioned to collect material in the Philippines for the 1904 Louisiana Purchase Exhibition in St. Louis. The natives of the Cordilleras were also presented at the world exhibition in order to demonstrate headhunting rituals, among other things .

Most recently he undertook collecting trips to Honduras, particularly in search of new orchids.

Honors

The plant genus Niederleinia from the Frankeniaceae family is named after Niederlein .

Fonts

  • The Republic of Guatemala, Commercial Museum, Philadelphia, 1898, Archives
  • The Republic of Costa Rica, Commercial Museum, Philadelphia 1898, Archives
  • with William P. Wilson a. a .: Official handbook of the Philippines, 2 volumes, 1903 (Louisiana Purchase Exhibition, St. Louis), Archive
  • with others: Expedicion al Rio Negro (Patagonia), Buenos Aires 1881, Archives
  • Prospects and opportunities in Argentina in animal husbandry, agriculture, industry and trade, Berlin: Reimer
  • The Argentine industry and its importance for German exports, Berlin: Süd- und Mittel Amerika Verlag 1912
  • La riqueza florestal de la Republica argentina, Buenos Aires (English extract from it: Notes upon Argentine flora. Buenos Aires 1904)
  • Mis exploraciones en el territorio del Misiones, Buenos Aires 1891
  • Resultados botanicos de exploraciones hechas en Misiones, Buenos Aires 1890
  • Ressources végétales des Colonies francaises, Paris 1902

literature

  • Cristóbal M. Hicken: Gustavo Niederlein, Darwinia, Volume 1, 1924, pp. 179–181

Individual evidence

  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 .

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personal data
SURNAME Niederlein, Gustav
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Niederlein, Gustavo
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German-Argentine naturalist and botanist
DATE OF BIRTH January 1, 1858
PLACE OF BIRTH Major dehsa
DATE OF DEATH March 23, 1924
Place of death Santiago del Estero