Heinrich Wydler
Heinrich Wydler (born April 24, 1800 in Zurich , † December 6, 1883 in Gernsbach , Baden ) was a Swiss botanist . Its official botanical author's abbreviation is “ Wydler ”.
Live and act
Wydler undertook a plant-collecting expedition to the West Indies from 1826 to 1827 . From 1828 to 1830 he worked at the Botanical Garden in Saint Petersburg . He then was curator of the de Candolle botanical collection at the University of Geneva until 1834 . Wydler was a professor in Bern from 1835 to 1853 . After his marriage, he moved to Strasbourg in 1840 .
Wydler's specialty was plant morphology.
Honors
The plant genus Wydleria DC. from the umbelliferae family (Apiaceae) has been named in his honor.
Works
- Essai monographique sur le genre Scrophularia . 1828.
swell
- 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 .
literature
- Ernst Wunschmann: Wydler, Heinrich . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 44, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1898, p. 392 f.
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 Heinrich Wydler at the IPNI
- List of works at worldcatlibraries.org
- Entry in Nordisk Familjebok (Scandinavian.)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Wydler, Heinrich |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss botanist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 24, 1800 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Zurich |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 6, 1883 |
| Place of death | Gernsbach , Baden |