Carl Ludwig Willdenow

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Carl Ludwig Willdenow (22 August 1765 - 10 July 1812) was a German botanist, pharmacist, and plant taxonomist. He is considered one of the founders of phytogeography, the study of the geographic distribution of plants. Willdenow was also a mentor of Alexander von Humboldt one of the earliest and best known phytogeographers.

Willdenow was born in Berlin and studied medicine and botany at the University of Halle. He was a director of the Botanical garden of Berlin from 1801 until his death. There he studied many South American plants, brought back by the explorer Alexander von Humboldt. He was interested in the adaptation of plants to climate, showing that the same climate had plants having common characteristics. His herbarium, containing more than 20,000 species, is still preserved in the Botanical Garden in Berlin.

He is most famous for his synthesis of European plant geography, and his mountains origins theories.

The standard author abbreviation Willd. is used to indicate this individual as the author when citing a botanical name.^[1]

Works

Florae Berolinensis prodromus (1787)
Grundriß der Kräuterkunde (1792)
Linnaei species plantarum (1798–1826, 6 volumes) Botanicus
Anleitung zum Selbststudium der Botanik (1804)
Enumeratio plantarum horti regii botanici Berolinensis (1809)
Berlinische Baumzucht (1811)
Abbildung der deutschen Holzarten für Forstmänner und Liebhaber der Botanik (1815-1820, Band 1-2) Digital edition by the University and State Library Düsseldorf
Hortus Berolinensis (1816)

References

↑ [http://www.ipni.org/ipni/advAuthorSearch.do?find_abbreviation=Willd. "Author Query for 'Willd.'"]. International Plant Names Index.

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Authority control	WorldCat VIAF: 71508455 LCCN: n87116873 ISNI: 0000 0001 0914 1676 GND: 117387436 SUDOC: 034929908 BNF: cb12563046k

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Name	Willdenow, Carl Ludwig
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Short description	German botanist
Date of birth	22 August 1765
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Date of death	10 July 1812
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