Friedrich Ernst Ludwig von Fischer

Friedrich Ernst Ludwig von Fischer ( born February 20, 1782 Halberstadt, † June 17, 1854 in Saint Petersburg ) was a German - Russian botanist. Its official botanical author abbreviation is " fish. ".

Life and work

From Fischer was from 1823 to 1850 director of the Botanical Garden of Saint Petersburg.

He has published numerous scientific papers; many of collaboration with partners such as Carl Anton von Meyer.

After Fischer named taxa

The German botanist Kurt Sprengel named in his honor the plant genus Fischera from the carrot family ( Apiaceae ).

Works

  • Contribution to botanical systematics ..., 1812
  • Enumeratio plantarum novarum a cl Schrenk lectarum, together with Carl Anton von Meyer, 1841-1842
  • Sertum petropolitanum, together with Carl Anton von Meyer, 1846-1852
  • Synopsis Astragalorum tragacantharum, 1853
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