Julius Rudolph Theodor Vogel

Julius Rudolph Theodor Vogel , also Theodor Vogel for short (born July 30, 1812 in Berlin ; † December 17, 1841 in Fernando Póo ), was a German botanist and explorer. Its botanical author's abbreviation is " Vogel ".

Life

Vogel was a private lecturer in Berlin in 1838 and in Bonn from 1839. In 1838 he was elected a member of the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina . He took part in the English Niger expedition in 1841, during which he died on Fernando Póo at the age of 29 that same year.

Honors

The plant genus Vogelocassia Britton from the legume family (Fabaceae) is named after him. The genus Vogelia from the plant family of plumbaginaceae (Plumbaginaceae) may Benedict Christian Vogel (1745-1825) and Rudolph Augustin Vogel been (1724-1774) named in honor.

Fonts

Synopsis generis Cassiae. 1837. Digitized

literature

Ernst Wunschmann: Vogel, Theodor . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 40, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1896, p. 125 f.
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 .
Martin Möbius : Chamisso as a botanist. In: Supplements to the Botanisches Centralblatt. Volume 36, Section 2, 1918. ( online , PDF; 436 kB)

Web links

Author entry and list of the plant names described for Julius Rudolph Theodor Vogel at the IPNI

References and comments

↑ Member entry of Theodor Vogel at the German Academy of Natural Scientists Leopoldina , accessed on June 18, 2016.
↑ ^a ^b Lotte Burkhardt: Directory of eponymic 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	Vogel, Julius Rudolph Theodor
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Vogel, Theodor
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German botanist and explorer
DATE OF BIRTH	July 30, 1812
PLACE OF BIRTH	Berlin
DATE OF DEATH	December 17, 1841
Place of death	Fernando Póo

[1] Member entry of Theodor Vogel at the German Academy of Natural Scientists Leopoldina , accessed on June 18, 2016.

[Burkhardt_2018-2] Lotte Burkhardt: Directory of eponymic 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 .