Theodor von Heldreich

Theodor Heinrich Hermann von Heldreich (born March 3, 1822 in Dresden , † September 7, 1902 in Athens ) was a German botanist . His botanical author's abbreviation is “ Heldr. "

Life

After studying philosophy in Freiburg , Heldreich turned to botany in Montpellier and Geneva from 1837 to 1842 . In 1843 he settled in Athens, from where he went on numerous excursions. From 1849 to 1851 he lived in England and was herbarium - curator in Paris.

Heldreich was director of the Botanical Garden in Athens from 1851 . He was also the curator of the Natural History Museum at the University of Athens from 1858 to 1883 . In 1892 he became a member of the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina . He also received an honorary doctorate from the University of Königsberg .

Honors

The plant genus Heldreichia Boiss. from the cruciferous family (Brassicaceae) has been named in his honor.

Works (selection)

The crops of Greece. With special consideration of the neo-Greek and Pelasgian vulgar names. Wilberg, Athens 1862, online .
The plants of the Attic plain. In: Greek Seasons. Volume 5. Bergas, Schleswig 1877, ZDB -ID 648735-x , pp. 471-597.
Catalogus systematicus herbarii Theodori G. Orphanidis professoris botanices. Nunc munificentia clarissimi Theodori P. Rhodocanakis in Museo botanico Universitatis Athenarum. Ricci, Florentiæ 1877.
Contributions to the knowledge of the fatherland and the geographical distribution of the horse chestnut, the walnut and the beech. In: Meeting reports of the Botanical Association of the Province of Brandenburg 21, 1879, pp. 139–153.

literature

Asuman Baytop, Kit Tan: Theodor von Heldreich (1822–1902) and His Turkish Collections . In: Turkish Journal of Botany . tape 32 , 2008, ISSN 1300-008X , p. 471-479 ( PDF, 1.1 MB ).
Helmut Dolezal: Heldreich, Theodor Heinrich Hermann von. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 8, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1969, ISBN 3-428-00189-3 , p. 467 ( digitized version ).
Dietrich von Engelhardt (ed.): Biographical encyclopedia of German-speaking natural scientists. Volume 1: A - O. Saur, Munich 2003, ISBN 3-598-11629-2 .

Web links

Wikisource: Theodor von Heldreich - Sources and full texts

Author entry and list of the described plant names for Theodor von Heldreich at the IPNI

Individual evidence

↑ For Zander, however, February 18, 1822 stated differently.
↑ Robert Zander : Zander hand 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 .
↑ Lotte Burkhardt: Directory of eponymous plant names . Extended Edition. Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin, Free University Berlin Berlin 2018. [1]

personal data
SURNAME	Heldreich, Theodor von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Heldreich, Theodor Heinrich Hermann von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German botanist
DATE OF BIRTH	March 3, 1822
PLACE OF BIRTH	Dresden
DATE OF DEATH	September 7, 1902
Place of death	Athens

[1] For Zander, however, February 18, 1822 stated differently.

[2] Robert Zander : Zander hand 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 .

[Burkhardt2018-3] Lotte Burkhardt: Directory of eponymous plant names . Extended Edition. Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin, Free University Berlin Berlin 2018. [1]