Gustav Wallis

Gustav Wallis (born May 1, 1830 in Lüneburg , † July 20, 1878 in Cuenca , Ecuador ) was a German botanist . Its official botanical author's abbreviation is " Wallis ".

Life

Gustav Wallis was deaf from birth, but learned to speak and mastered foreign languages. In 1860 he went to South America on behalf of the Brussels art gardener Jean Jules Linden to import new plants to Europe . There he spent eight years in Brazil , Peru , Bolivia , Ecuador , Colombia , Venezuela , Panama and Costa Rica . In 1868 he traveled to the Philippines . From 1870 to 1874 Gustav Wallis worked for the London company Veitch and Sons . He has received several awards for his work. He stayed several times in Hamburg, where he gave lectures to members of the Association for Scientific Entertainment . He returned to South America, where he died of malaria in Cuenca.

Gustav Wallis has brought over 1,000 new plant species to Europe.

Honors

The plant genus Wallisia E. Morren from the bromeliad family (Bromeliaceae) is named after him.

Works

The alpine world in its relationship with gardening . Norbert Kittler, Hamburg 1854, digitized
In: Globus
- From California to Japan . Volume XXII, Friedr. Bieweg & Sohn, Braunschweig, 1872, p. 360 ff., Textarchiv - Internet Archive
- The Urubu in Brazil . Volume XXI, Friedr. Bieweg & Sohn, Braunschweig, 1872, p. 278, ff., Digitized .
about the coca bush , in: Second Annual Report of the Geographical Society in Hamburg 1874–75, pp. 106–108
published in the Hamburger Garten and Blumenzeitung . Norbert Kittler, Hamburg
- A picture of vegetation from the Philippines , No. 28, 1872, pp. 1 f.
- About the Manzinella tree , No. 29, 1873, p. 3 f.
- About vegetable wax , No. 30, 1874, p. 529 f.
- Tillandsia musaica , No. 30 1874, p. 566f.
- Some things about my last trip to Grenada , No. 31 1875, p. 17f. u. P. 59f., Associated directory of Columbian plant innovations , p. 207
- Vegetable wax, about the same , No. 31 1875, pp. 145 f.

literature

Gustav Wallis (Nekrolog). In: Hamburger Garten- und Blumenzeitung , Eduard Otto, 34th year, Robert Kittler, Hamburg, 1878, pp. 433-440
Karl Müller : Gustav Wallis , a biographical and natural history sketch. In: Die Natur , Volume 19, Halle 1870,
- Preliminary report p. 33–36,
- 2. Education years pp. 40–44,
- 3. Journey to the tropics of Barasily pp. 59–62,
- 4. Journey to Pindaré pp. 67–70,
- 5. Journey on the Pindaré p. 83–86,
- 6. Return from Pindaré pp. 89–92,
- 7. Journey to the Amazon River pp. 97–100,
- 8. On the Amazon River, pp. 113–116,
- 9. The joys and sorrows of the traveler pp. 126–128,
- 10. Botanical discoveries in the Amazon region, pp. 129–132,
- 11. Character animals of the Amazon River, pp. 150–152,
- 12. Journey on the Purús pp. 153–156,
- 13. Return from Purus pp. 174-176,
- 14. Travels in the Andes Mountains pp. 180–182,
- 15. Return to Europe pp. 185–188
published in the Hamburg garden and flower newspaper , Norbert Kittler, Hamburg
- Personalnotizen , No. 27 1871. S. 526 ff., (Contain information on trips)
- Personalnotizen , No. 28 1872, pp. 381, 431, 479
- Personalnotizen , No. 30 1874, pp. 287, 480

Web links

Wikisource: Hamburger Garten- und Blumenzeitung - Sources and full texts

Wikisource: Globus - sources and full texts

Wikisource: Nature - Sources and full texts

Wikisource: Negotiations of the Association for Natural Science Entertainment in Hamburg - Sources and full texts

Author entry and list of the described plant names for Gustav Wallis at the IPNI

Remarks

^ Gustav Wallis (Nekrolog). In: Hamburger Garten- und Blumenzeitung , Ref. By Gustave Wallis . In: James Herbert Veitch: Hortus Veitchii , London 1906, p. 62 ff.
↑ ^a ^b Wolfgang Seidel: The world history of plants . Eichborn-Verlag, Cologne, 2012, no page number, digitized version
↑ Jean Jules Linden's business consisted mainly of trading in orchids.
↑ Hamburger Garten- und Blumenzeitung , 25th year, 1869, p. 48, digitized .
^ Negotiations of the Association for Scientific Entertainment in Hamburg . L. Friedrichsen, Hamburg, 1875, pp. 24, 29, 41, 46, 53, 58, Textarchiv - Internet Archive .
↑ 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 .

personal data
SURNAME	Wallis, Gustav
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German botanist
DATE OF BIRTH	May 1, 1830
PLACE OF BIRTH	Luneburg
DATE OF DEATH	July 20, 1878
Place of death	Cuenca

[1] Gustav Wallis (Nekrolog). In: Hamburger Garten- und Blumenzeitung , Ref. By Gustave Wallis . In: James Herbert Veitch: Hortus Veitchii , London 1906, p. 62 ff.

[Seidel-2] Wolfgang Seidel: The world history of plants . Eichborn-Verlag, Cologne, 2012, no page number, digitized version

[3] Jean Jules Linden's business consisted mainly of trading in orchids.

[4] Hamburger Garten- und Blumenzeitung , 25th year, 1869, p. 48, digitized .

[5] Negotiations of the Association for Scientific Entertainment in Hamburg . L. Friedrichsen, Hamburg, 1875, pp. 24, 29, 41, 46, 53, 58, Textarchiv - Internet Archive .

[Burkhardt_2018-6] 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 .