Wilhelm Ludwig Petermann
Wilhelm Ludwig Petermann (born November 3, 1806 in Leipzig , † January 27, 1855 in Hanover ) was a Saxon , German botanist .
Petermann studied medicine and botany at the University of Leipzig from 1826 and received his habilitation in botany there in 1835. From 1835 to 1841 he was a private lecturer and from 1841 to 1855 an associate professor at the University of Leipzig and supervisor of the herbarium of the botanical garden in Leipzig . His botanical author abbreviation is " Peterm. "
Works
Books
- Handbook of Green Science , Leipzig 1836
- Flora des Bienitz and its surroundings , Leipzig 1841
- Paperback of Botany , Leipzig 1841
- The plant kingdom represented in full descriptions of all important plants and explained by true-to-life illustrations , 1847
- Germany's flora: with illustrations of all genera on 100 plates, Volume 1, 1849
Contributions
- Codex botanicus Linnaeanus / Vol. 2. Alphabetical index to The Linnaean botanical codex of all its genera, species and synonyms, Wigand, Leipzig 1840; Reprint of 2003 edition
literature
- Bonplanda. Journal for the whole of botany, Hanover 1855
Web links
- Wilhelm Ludwig Petermann in the professorial catalog of the University of Leipzig
- Overview of the courses of Wilhelm Ludwig Petermann at the University of Leipzig (summer semester 1835 to winter semester 1854)
- Author entry and list of the plant names described for Wilhelm Ludwig Petermann at the IPNI
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Petermann, Wilhelm Ludwig |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Petermann, Guilelmus L .; Petermann, Guil. Ludov .; Peterm. (botanical author abbreviation) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German botanist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 3, 1806 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Leipzig |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 27, 1855 |
| Place of death | Hanover |