Franz Kiggelaer

Franz Kiggelaer (* 1648 in Haarlem, † December 1722 in The Hague) was a Dutch botanist and pharmacist. Its official botanical author abbreviation is " Kiggel. ".

Life

Franz Kiggelaer was baptized on December 4, 1648. He was the son of Jan Krijgelaer ( Kiggelaer ) from The Hague and his wife Isabelle Cruyshoeck from Delft. Kiggelaer was manager of the garden of Simon van Beaumont in Leiden. In 1690 he published under the title Horti Beaumontiani: Exoticarum Plantarum Catalogus ... a vegetable garden this directory.

Together with Frederik Ruysch, he completed the first volume of Jan Commelins Horti medici Amstelodamensis rariorum, which appeared in 1697. Kiggelaer was buried on December 22, 1722 in The Hague.

Ehrentaxon

Carl Linnaeus named in his honor, the genus of the plant family Kiggelaria Achariaceae.

Writings

  • Horti Beaumontiani: Exoticarum Plantarum Catalogus ... The Hague year 1690.
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