Christian Friedrich Heinrich Wimmer

Christian Friedrich Heinrich Wimmer ( born October 30, 1803 in Breslau, † March 12, 1868 ) was a German botanist, philologist and educator. Its official botanical author abbreviation is " Wimm. ".

Wimmer was school board and director of the Royal Friedrich-Wilhelms -Gymnasium in Breslau.

As a botanist, he devoted himself intensively to the genus of willow ( Salix). The plant genus Wimmeria Schltdl. from the family of the spindle tree family ( Celastraceae ) has been named in his honor.

Wimmer was admitted to the Imperial Leopoldinisch - Carolinian German Academy of Natural Scientists on 15 October 1841.

As a classical scholar to Wimmer discussed the phytologischen writings of Aristotle and Theophrastus, and published a collection of the fragments of Theophrastus.

Writings

Here is a selection of his works:

  • Together with Heinrich Emanuel Grabowski: Flora Silesiae. From 1827 to 1829.
  • Flora of Silesia. In 1832.
  • Flora of Silesia Prussian and Austrian Antheil. 1840, 2nd edition 1844, 3rd edition 1857.
  • Phytologiae Aristoteliae fragmentary. In 1838.
  • Salices Europaeae. , 1866.

Swell

  • Fritz Encke, Günther Buchheim, Siegmund Seybold: Dictionary of Plant Names. Founded by Robert Zander. 13th edition. Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart ( Hohenheim ) 1984, ISBN 3-8001-5042-5.
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