Heinrich Wydler

Heinrich Wydler ( born April 24, 1800 Zurich, † December 6, 1883 in Gern Bach, Baden) was a Swiss botanist. Its official botanical author abbreviation is " Wydler ".

Life and work

Wydler undertook from 1826 to 1827 an expedition to collecting plants to the West Indies. From 1828 to 1830 he worked at the Botanical Garden in Saint Petersburg. He was then to 1834 curator of the botanical de - Candolle Collection at the University of Geneva. Wydler was from 1835 to 1853 worked as a professor in Bern. After his marriage in 1840 he moved to Strasbourg to.

Wydlers specialty was plant morphology. The plant genus Wydleria DC. has been named in his honor.

Works

  • Monographique Essai sur le genre Scrophularia. 1828th

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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