Diederich Franz Leonhard von Schlechtendal
Diederich Franz Leonhard von Schlechtendal (27 November 1794,
botanist. The standard author abbreviation Schltdl. is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.[1]
He studied in
Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg
from 1833 until his death in 1866.
The genus Schlechtendalia (Asteraceae), from Brazil, Uruguay and Argentina, was named in his honor.
He was editor of the botanical journal Linnaea (from 1826), and with Hugo von Mohl (1805-1872), was publisher of the Botanischen Zeitung (from 1843).
He conducted important investigations of the then largely unknown
flora of Mexico, carried out in conjunction with Adelbert von Chamisso (1781-1838), and based on specimens collected by Christian Julius Wilhelm Schiede (1798-1836), and Ferdinand Deppe (1794-1861).[2][3]
Schlechtendal was a critic of Darwinism but accepted a limited form of evolution. He advocated a form common descent of "some groups of very similar species, which also inhabit a limited area".[4]
Written works
- Animadversiones botanicae in Ranunculaceas, Berlin 1819–1820.
- Flora berolinensis, Berlin 1823–1824.
- Adumbrationes plantarum, 1825–1832.
- Flora von Deutschland, Jena 1840–1873 (with Christian Eduard Langethal and Ernst Schenk; fifth edition by Ernst Hallier 1880–1887).
- Hortus halensis, Halle 1841–1853.
References
- ^ International Plant Names Index. Schltdl.
- ^ HUH Index of Botanists Schlechtendal & Chamisso
- ^ Collections Search Center De plantis Mexicanis a G. Schiede / collectis nuntium adfert D.F.L. de Schlechtendal
- ISBN 0-226-29977-5
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