Ernst Ferdinand Nolte
Ernst Ferdinand Nolte (24 December 1791,
Christoph Heinrich Pfaff
(1773–1852).
After duties as a
mainland.From 1826 to 1873 he was a professor of botany at the
University of Kiel, as well as director of its botanical garden. He was an instructor to Ferdinand von Mueller (1825–1896), who would later be known for his botanical work in Australia. In the 1820s Nolte acquired the herbarium of Johannes Flüggé.[1]
The plant genus Noltea from the family Rhamnaceae is named in his honor,[2] as is Zostera noltei, a species of seagrass (named by Jens Wilken Hornemann, 1832).[3]
Written works
He made significant contributions to the botanical atlas Flora Danica, and was the author of the following publications:
- Botanische Bemerkungen über Stratiotes und Sagittaria, 1825
- Novitiæ floræ Holsaticæ : sive supplementum alterum Primitiarum floræ Holsaticæ G. H. Weberi, 1826
- Index seminum horti botanici Kiliensis, c. 1836–41.[4]
References
- ^ "Work of an important botanist, once thought lost, potentially uncovered in our collections". tepapafoundation.org.nz. March 2021. Retrieved 2023-09-18.
- ^ Google Books CRC World Dictionary of Plant Names: Common Names, Scientific Names, Eponyms ... By Umberto Quattrocchi
- ^ Zostera noltei Hornemann :: Algaebase
- ^ IDREF.fr (bibliography)
- ^ International Plant Names Index. Nolte.
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