Christian Julius Wilhelm Schiede
Christian Julius Wilhelm Schiede (February 3, 1798 – December 1836) was a German physician and
botanist born in Kassel
.
He studied
, where he earned his doctorate in 1825. Afterwards he practiced medicine in Kassel.In 1828 Schiede emigrated to Mexico, accompanied by
Jalapa, and performed scientific excursions throughout the state of Veracruz. Although they were able sell their collections to museums in Berlin and Vienna
, the money earned was insufficient to continue operations, causing Deppe and Schiede to abandon their enterprise in late 1830. Christian Schiede died in Mexico in 1836 at the age of 38.
The botanical
genera Schiedeella and Schiedea are named after him,[1] as is a species of lizard, Anolis schiedei.[2]
Publications
- Über Bastarde im Pflanzenreich, 1824 – Hybrids in the plant kingdom.
- Schiede, C. J. W. De plantis hybridis sponte natis (1825) on BioLib
- Befruchtung der pflanzen, 1825 – Fertilization of plants.
- De plantis Mexicanis a G. Schiede (1830-1844); with Diederich Franz Leonhard von Schlechtendal, Ferdinand Deppe and Adelbert von Chamisso.
- Bibliography on World.Cat
References
- ^ CRC world dictionary of plant names. 4. R - Z by Umberto Quattrocchi Schiedea & Schiedeella.
- ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. ("Schiede", p. 235).
- ^ International Plant Names Index. Schiede.
External links
- UNI Goettingen Department of Systematics, Biodiversity and Evolution of Plants (with Herbarium).
- Repository Naturalis.
- IPNI Plants named for Schiede.
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