Heinrich_Wendland

Heinrich Wendland

Heinrich Wendland

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Heinrich Ludolph (Ludwig) Wendland (29 April 1791, in Hanover – 15 July 1869, in Teplice) was a botanist who authored a number of Acacia species.

Heinrich Wendland was born on 29 April 1791 into a family well known in botany. His father Johann had published a number of botanical books including the notable "Botanische Beobachtungen nebst einigen neuen Gattungen und Arten". Heinrich studied in Göttingen after some years of apprenticeship in Vienna and London. He became a gartenmeister in 1827 and later was director of Herrenhausen Gardens at Herrenhausen, today part of Hanover. In 1820 he published "Commentatio de Acacias aphyllii", in which he authored a number of new Acacia species. He died in Teplice, Bohemia on 15 July 1869.

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The standard author abbreviation H.L.Wendl. is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.[1]
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    International Plant Names Index.  H.L.Wendl.
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