Johann Heinrich Cherler

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Johann Heinrich Cherler (* around 1570 in Basel ; † 1609 or 1610 in Mömpelgard ) was a Swiss doctor and botanist. He was court medic in the then Württemberg county of Mömpelgard . Its botanical author abbreviation is " Cherler ".

Live and act

Cherler was the son of the evangelical pastor and poet Paul Cherler and Elisabeth Bauhin, the daughter of Jean Bauhin . Johann Heinrich Cherler married the daughter of the botanist Johann Bauhin , with whom he wrote the book Historiæ plantarum generalis novæ et absolutæ Prodomus , which summarized the botanical knowledge of his time and was not published until 1619, long after Cherler's death. In the work 5000 plants are described and documented in 3000 drawings.

Cherler worked, among other things, as a professor of philosophy at the Academy of Nîmes .

Dedication names

Carl von Linné named a type of clover in honor of Cherler : Cherler's clover ( Trifolium cherleri L. ) and also the genus Cherleria from the carnation family (Caryophyllaceae). Later another type of winch was created in his honor : Convolvulus cherleri Agardh ex Roem. & Schult. and a clover species : Anthyllis cherleri Brügger named.

Works

  • Historia plantarum generalis novæ et absolutissimæ quinquaginta annis elaboratæ iam prelo commissæ prodromus (with Johann Bauhin ). Yverdon 1619
  • Historia plantarum universalis, nova, et absolutissima (with Johann Bauhin ). 3 volumes, Yverdon 1650–1651. ( Volume 1 , Volume 2 , Volume 3 ).

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Lotte Burkhardt: Directory of eponymous plant names . Extended Edition. Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin, Free University Berlin Berlin 2018. [1]

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personal data
SURNAME Cherler, Johann Heinrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss doctor and botanist
DATE OF BIRTH around 1570
PLACE OF BIRTH Basel
DATE OF DEATH 1609 or 1610
Place of death Mömpelgard (today Montbéliard )