Wilhelm Gerhard Walpers
Wilhelm Gerhard Walpers (born December 26, 1816 in Mühlhausen / Thuringia , † June 18, 1853 in Köpenick near Berlin ) was a German botanist . Its official botanical author abbreviation is " Walp. "
Live and act
Walpers was a (financially) independent scientist in Berlin. His main work is Repertorium botanices systematicae (six volumes 1842–1847, three subsequent volumes from 1848 to 1853 under the changed title Annales botanices systematicae ), which was completed after his death from 1857 to 1871 by Carl Müller (1817–1870). This publication served Benjamin Daydon Jackson as a foundation work for the creation of the Index Kewensis .
In 1843 he was elected a member of the Leopoldina .
Walpers committed suicide because of offended ambition and other bitter life experiences.
Honor taxon
The genus Walpersia Harv. from the family of the Pea family (Fabaceae) is named after him.
Other works
- Animadversiones criticae in Leguminosas Capenses Herbarii Regii Berolinensis , 1839
literature
- 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 .
- Ernst Wunschmann: Walpers, Wilhelm Gerhard . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 40, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1896, p. 769 f.
Web links
- Author entry and list of the plant names described for Wilhelm Gerhard Walpers at the IPNI
Individual evidence
- ↑ 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 .
- ↑ Guil. Gerard. Walpers: Annales botanices systematicae. 3 volumes, Leipzig 1848–1853.
- ↑ Walter Erhardt among others: The great pikeperch. Encyclopedia of Plant Names . Volume 2, page 2076. Verlag Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart 2008. ISBN 978-3-8001-5406-7
- ^ Benjamin Dayton Jackson: The new 'Index of Plant-Names'. In: The Botanical Journal - British and Foreign. Vol. XXV. West, Newman & Co., London 1887, pp. 66-71
- ^ Member entry of Wilhelm Gerhard Walpers at the German Academy of Natural Scientists Leopoldina , accessed on November 12, 2015.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Walpers, Wilhelm Gerhard |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German botanist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 26, 1816 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Mühlhausen / Thuringia |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 18, 1853 |
| Place of death | Köpenick near Berlin |