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He was a student at the [[University of Jena]], earning his medical doctorate in 1797.<ref>[http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33066597#page/317/mode/1up Biodiversity Heritage Library] Taxonomic literature : a selective guide to botanical publications</ref> Later, he worked as a physician in the city of [[Wertheim am Main]].<ref>[http://www.uni-goettingen.de/en/187074.html Georg-August-Universität Göttingen - W] Department of Systematic Botany</ref> |
He was a student at the [[University of Jena]], earning his medical doctorate in 1797.<ref>[http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33066597#page/317/mode/1up Biodiversity Heritage Library] Taxonomic literature : a selective guide to botanical publications</ref> Later, he worked as a physician in the city of [[Wertheim am Main]].<ref>[http://www.uni-goettingen.de/en/187074.html Georg-August-Universität Göttingen - W] Department of Systematic Botany</ref> |
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He described a number of plant species,<ref>[http://www.ipni.org/ipni/advPlantNameSearch.do?find_authorAbbrev=Wibel&find_includePublicationAuthors=on&find_includePublicationAuthors=off&find_includeBasionymAuthors=on&find_includeBasionymAuthors=off&find_isAPNIRecord=on&find_isAPNIRecord=false&find_isGCIRecord=on&find_isGCIRecord=false&find_isIKRecord=on&find_isIKRecord=false&find_rankToReturn=all&output_format=normal&find_sortByFamily=on&find_sortByFamily=off&query_type=by_query IPNI] List of plants described and co-described by Wibel</ref> and is the [[binomial authority|botanical author]] of the genus ''Sciophila'' (family [[Liliaceae]]).<ref>[http://botany.si.edu/ing/INGsearch.cfm?SearchWord=sciophila Index Nominum Genericorum database] Sciophila</ref> The [[fern]] genus ''[[Wibelia]]'' (family [[Davalliaceae]]) was named in his honor by [[Johann Jakob Bernhardi]].<ref>[http://books.google.com/books?id=zIOvJSJs-IkC&pg=PA2830&lpg=PA2830&dq=%22Wibel%22+Wibelia&source=bl&ots=RXn4UU2qri&sig=TLoG9EPmWeGKO6u2WVEPQJGFBCM&hl=en&sa=X&ei=sb0iUqXsNsHhiAKZn4DYDw&ved=0CDcQ6AEwAg#v=onepage&q=%22Wibel%22%20Wibelia&f=false CRC World Dictionary of Plant Names: R-Z] by Umberto Quattrocchi</ref> |
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== Principal works == |
== Principal works == |
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Revision as of 20:58, 23 January 2014
August Wilhelm Eberhard Christoph Wibel (1775, Emsbach near Öhringen – 1814, Wertheim am Main) was a German physician and botanist.
He was a student at the University of Jena, earning his medical doctorate in 1797.[1] Later, he worked as a physician in the city of Wertheim am Main.[2]
He described a number of plant species,[3] and is the botanical author of the genus Sciophila (family Liliaceae).[4] The fern genus Wibelia (family Davalliaceae) was named in his honor by Johann Jakob Bernhardi.[5]
Principal works
- Primitiae florae Werthemensis, 1799.
- Beyträge zur Beförderung der Pflanzenkunde: Ersten Bandes erste Abtheilung, 1800 - Contributions to the advancement of botany.[6]
References
- ^ Biodiversity Heritage Library Taxonomic literature : a selective guide to botanical publications
- ^ Georg-August-Universität Göttingen - W Department of Systematic Botany
- ^ IPNI List of plants described and co-described by Wibel
- ^ Index Nominum Genericorum database Sciophila
- ^ CRC World Dictionary of Plant Names: R-Z by Umberto Quattrocchi
- ^ Google Search (publications)
- ^ International Plant Names Index. Wibel.