Friedrich Leybold

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Not to be confused with German gardener and botanical collector Friedrich Ernst Leibold (1804–1864), whose surname is sometimes also spelled "Leybold"

Friedrich Leybold (29 September 1827, Grossköllenbach (Bavaria) – 31 December 1879, Santiago de Chile) was a German-Chilean pharmacist and naturalist.

In 1855 he relocated to Chile as a pharmaceutical industrialist,[1] eventually settling in Santiago de Chile. While in South America, he traveled the Argentine Pampas, publishing "Escursion a las pampas arjentinas : hojas de mi diario, febrero de 1871" as a result.[2] While collecting specimens in the Juan Fernández Archipelago, he discovered the Alejandro Selkirk Firecrown (Sephanoides fernandensis leyboldi), a subspecies of hummingbird endemic to Alejandro Selkirk Island that is now extinct.[3]

He provided descriptions for a number of botanical species and is the taxonomic authority of the family Tecophilaeaceae.[4] The hard fern species Blechnum leyboldtianum (synonym Blechnum blechnoides) is named in his honor.[3]

He was author of a monograph on the botanical order Salicineae that became part of the "Flora Brasiliensis" series.[5]

The standard author abbreviation Leyb. is used to indicate this individual as the author when citing a botanical name.[6]

References

  1. ↑ BHL Taxonomic literature : a selective guide to botanical publications
  2. ↑ OCLC Classify (published works)
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 JSTOR Global Plants Leybold, Friedrich (1827-1879)
  4. ↑ IPNI List of plants described and co-described by Friedrich Leybold.
  5. ↑ OCLC WorldCat Salicineae
  6. ↑ [http://www.ipni.org/ipni/advAuthorSearch.do?find_abbreviation=Leyb. "Author Query for 'Leyb.'"]. International Plant Names Index. 
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