Eduard Friedrich Poeppig

Source: Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
Eduard Friedrich Poeppig.

Eduard Friedrich Poeppig (16 July 1798 – 4 September 1868) was a German

zoologist and explorer
.

Biography

Poeppig was born in

Valparaiso, Chile, and spent several years performing scientific exploration throughout Chile, Peru and Brazil.[2] As a result of his journey in South America, he published "Reise in Chile, Peru und auf dem Amazonenstrome, während der Jahre 1827-1832 " (2 volumes).[1]

In the autumn of 1832, he returned to Germany with significant zoological and botanical collections — several hundred stuffed animals, a collection of ethnographic objects, and more than 17,000 dried plants.

University of Leipzig, where in 1834 he was named director of its zoological museum. In 1846 he attained a full professorship at Leipzig, a position he maintained until his death in 1868.[2][4] He contributed to the establishment of a scientific museum in Leipzig, and bequeathed to it some of his collections, with the remainder being sent to museums in Berlin and Vienna.[1]

In South America he described numerous new species of plants. His botanical magnum opus, Nova genera ac Species Plantarum quas in regno, Chiliensi, Peruviano, ac Terra Amazonica, anni 1827-1832 lectarum, was published in three volumes. In it he described 31 new genera, and 477 new species. For the first two volumes he collaborated with Stephan Endlicher.[1]

Eponymy

The plant genus

angiosperm species Guatteria poeppigiana Mart..[8]

Written works

  • Fragmentum synopseos plantarum phanerogamarum, (1833). (in Latin).
  • Selbstanzeige der Reisebeschreibung in Blätter für literarische Unterhaltung, (1835). (in German).
  • Reise in Chile, Peru und auf dem Amazonenstrome während der Jahre 1827–1832 (Travel in Chile, Peru, and on the Amazon river during the years 1827–1832), 2 volumes (1834-36). (in German).
  • Nova genera ac species plantarum, quas in regno Chilensi Peruviano et in terra Amazonica: annis MDCCCXXVII ad MDCCCXXXII (with
    Stephan Ladislaus Endlicher
    ), (1835–45). (in Latin).
  • Reise nach den Vereinigten Staaten (Travel to the United States), (1837). (in German).
  • Über alte und neue Handelswege nach der Westküste Amerikas (On old and new trade routes to the west coast of the Americas), (1838). (in German).
  • Landschaftliche Ansichten und erlauternde Darstellungen (Views of countryside with explanation), (1839). (in German).

Poeppig was a primary contributor of ethnological, geographical, and biological articles about the Americas for the Allgemeine Encyclopaedie, edited by Ersch and Gruber.[1]

See also

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d e f g JSTOR Global Plants Poeppig, Eduard Friedrich (1798-1868)
  2. ^ a b ADB: Poeppig, Eduard @ Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie
  3. ^ Sächsische Biografie biographical information
  4. ^ Professorenkatalog der Universität Leipzig biographical sketch
  5. ^
    ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5
    . ("Poeppig", p. 209).
  6. ^ Florida Keys Wildflowers: A Field Guide to Wildflowers, Trees, Shrubs by Roger L. Hammer
  7. Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador (QCAZ). Retrieved 26 August 2015.[permanent dead link
    ]
  8. ^ The Plant List Guatteria poeppigiana
  9. ^ International Plant Names Index.  Poepp.

References

Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Eduard_Friedrich_Poeppig&oldid=1154122185"