Heinrich_Wydler

Heinrich Wydler

Heinrich Wydler

Swiss botanist

Heinrich Wydler was a Swiss botanist (24 April 1800 in Zurich – 6 December 1883 in Gernsbach.) He spent the years 1826–27 on a collecting expedition to the West Indies; worked at the St. Petersburg botanical garden in 1828-30; was curator (keeper) of the de Candolle botanical collections at the University of Geneva (G-DeC), 1830–4. He worked as a teacher in Geneva and Bern and after his marriage in 1840 settled in Strasbourg.

Heinrich Wydler 1800–1883

The now defunct genus Wydleria DC. (Apiaceae) was named in his honor.

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The standard author abbreviation Wydler is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.[1]

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References

  1. [1]
    International Plant Names Index.  Wydler.
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