Martin Vahl

Martin Vahl (born October 10, 1749 in Bergen , † December 24, 1804 in Copenhagen ) was a Norwegian-Danish botanist and student of Linnaeus . Its official botanical author's abbreviation is " Vahl ".

Live and act

Vahl studied medicine and botany in Bergen , Copenhagen and Uppsala from 1766 to 1774 . There he met the natural scientist Carl von Linné (1707–1778). From 1779 to 1782 he lectured in the Copenhagen Botanical Garden . In 1786 he became a professor at the Society for Natural History in Copenhagen. In 1792 he was elected a member of the Leopoldina . He was an employee of the Flora Danica panel factory . Between 1801 and 1804 he held the chair of botany at the University of Copenhagen .

Honors

The plant genus Vahlia Thunb. (temporarily added to the genus Bistella ) from the family Vahliaceae in the subclass of the aster-like (Asteridae) has been named after him.

Fonts

Symbolae botanicae ... , 1790-1794
Icones illustrationi plantarum americanarum ... , 1798–1799
Enumeratio plantarum ... , 1804–1805, further edition 1805–1806
Eclogae americanae , 1796-1807

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 .

Web links

Literature by and about Martin Vahl in the catalog of the German National Library
Author entry and list of the described plant names for Martin Vahl at the IPNI

Individual evidence

↑ Member entry of Martin Vahl at the German Academy of Natural Scientists Leopoldina , accessed on February 6, 2016.
↑ 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 .
↑ Walter Erhardt among others: The great pikeperch. Encyclopedia of Plant Names . Volume 2, page 2070. Verlag Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart 2008. ISBN 978-3-8001-5406-7

personal data
SURNAME	Vahl, Martin
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Norwegian-Danish botanist and student of Linnaeus
DATE OF BIRTH	October 10, 1749
PLACE OF BIRTH	Mountains
DATE OF DEATH	December 24, 1804
Place of death	Copenhagen

[1] Member entry of Martin Vahl at the German Academy of Natural Scientists Leopoldina , accessed on February 6, 2016.

[Burkhardt_2018-2] 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 .

[Zander2008-3] Walter Erhardt among others: The great pikeperch. Encyclopedia of Plant Names . Volume 2, page 2070. Verlag Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart 2008. ISBN 978-3-8001-5406-7