Carl Ernst August Weihe
Carl Ernst August Weihe (1779–1834) was a German botanist and physician.
Weihe was born on 30 January 1779 at
Halle, where he studied medicine and botany, receiving his doctorate in September 1802. He worked as a doctor at Lüttringhausen (near Remscheid) and Bünde, before moving back to Mennighüffen, where he established a small botanical garden on land owned by his father. In 1822, Weihe moved to Herford, where his children were at school, and where he died in 1834.[1][2]
During his career Weihe described some 160 new plant species. In particular, he made important contributions to the study of the genus Christian Gottfried Nees von Esenbeck, a taxonomic botanist, published a monograph of the German brambles, Rubi Germanici descripti et illustrati, in which they described 49 species of Rubus.[3]
The genus Weihea (now treated as a synonym of Geissorhiza)[4] was named in his honour.
References
- ISBN 3-7760-1632-9.
- ^ "Weihe, Carl Ernst August". University of Göttingen, Department of Systematic Botany. Retrieved 26 October 2010.
- ISSN 0260-9541.
- ^ "World Checklist of Selected Plant Families". Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 26 October 2010.
- ^ International Plant Names Index. Weihe.
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