Friedrich Dehnhardt

Dehnhardt Friedrich (* 1787 in Hannover, † 1870 in Naples ) was a German botanist and gardener. His botanical author abbreviation is " Dehnh. ".

For most of his professional life spent Dehnhardt in Italy. In 1833, he created the park of Capodimonte, today the "green lung " of the city of Naples. He was also one of the directors of the local botanical garden.

1817 he had sent samples of seeds and red eucalyptus from Australia, the botanist Allan Cunningham. 1832 published his first description Dehnhardt and eucalyptus Eucalyptus camaldulensis named the. Later, he planted many trees of this species, but until 1920 were all removed.

Publications (selection)

• Descriptions of various edible figs, together with observations on the culture of the same