Theodor von Heldreich

Theodor Heinrich Hermann von Heldreich ( March 3, 1822 in Dresden, † September 7, 1902 in Athens ) was a German botanist. His botanical author abbreviation is " Heldr. ".

Life

After studying philosophy in Freiburg Heldreich turned from 1837 to 1842 of botany in Montpellier and Geneva. In 1843 he settled in Athens, where he made numerous excursions. From 1849 to 1851 he lived in England and was herbarium curator in Paris.

Heldreich was since 1851 Director of the Botanical Garden in Athens. He was also from 1858 to 1883 curator of the Natural History Museum of the University of Athens. In 1892 he became a member of the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina.

The plant genus Heldreichia Boiss. from the family of cruciferous plants ( Brassicaceae) has been named in his honor.

Works (selection)

  • The useful plants of Greece. With special reference to Modern Greek and Pelasgian Vulgarnamen. Wilberg, Athens, 1862, online.
  • The plants of the Attic plain. In: Greek seasons. Volume 5 Berga, Schleswig 1877, ZDB - ID 648 735 -x, pp. 471-597.
  • Catalogus systematicus herbarii Theodori G. Orphanidis professoris botanices. Nunc munificentia clarissimi Theodori P. Rhodocanakis in Museo Botanical Garden Universitatis Athenarum. Ricci, Florentiæ 1877.
  • Contributions to the knowledge of the country and the geographical distribution of the horse chestnut, the walnut and beech. In: Proceedings of the Botanical Society of the Province of Brandenburg 21, 1879, pp. 139-153.
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