Heinrich Witte (botanist)
Heinrich Witte , also Henrik Witte (* 1825 , † 1917 ) was a Dutch botanical gardener in Leiden . Its official botanical author's abbreviation is " Witte ".
Life
Witte was hired by Willem Hendrik de Vriese at the Hortus Botanicus Leiden . From 1855 to 1898 he was initially assistant curator and later curator at this botanical garden. He worked with Willem Frederik Reinier Suringar .
In his richly illustrated work Flora. Afbeeldingen en beschrijvingen van boomen, heesters, éénjarige planten, enz., Voorkomende in de Nederlandsche tuinen he has collected the attractive Dutch garden plants including trees and bushes; the illustrations were lithographed by G. Severeyns from Brussels after paintings by Abraham Jacobus Wendel .
Works
- Enumeratio alphabetica nominum et synonymorum Palmarum ... 1859.
- Flora. Afbeeldingen en Beschrijvingen van boomen, heesters, éénjarige planten, enz., Voromende in de Nederlandsche tuinen . JB Wolters, Groningen 1868.
- Schetsen uit het plantenrijk . (1869-1870).
literature
- 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 .
Web links
- Author entry and list of the described plant names for Heinrich Witte (botanist) at the IPNI
- Biography sketch (archived) at meemelink.com (Internet Archive; 4-1-2017)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Witte, Heinrich |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Dutch botanical gardener |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1825 |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1917 |