Franz Meyen
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Franz Julius Ferdinand Meyen (28 June 1804 – 2 September 1840) was a
botanist
.
Meyen was born in
Tilsit, East Prussia. In 1830 he wrote Phytotomie, the first major study of plant anatomy. Between 1830 and 1832, he took part in an expedition to South America on board the Prinzess Luise, visiting Peru and Bolivia, describing species then new to science such as the Humboldt penguin
.
From 1823 to 1826, he studied medicine at the
Heinrich Friedrich Link, he was co-editor of the journal Jahresberichte über die Arbeiten für physiologische Botanik (1837–1839).[1]
He died in Berlin in 1840.
Honoria
- The plant genus Meyenia commemorates his name.[2]
- The stingray Taeniurops meyeni (J. P. Müller & Henle, 1841) was named after him.[3]
See also
Selected works
- 1828, Anatomisch-physiologische Untersuchungen über den Inhalt der Pflanzenzellen, Berlin: Hirschwald.
- 1830, Phytotomie.
- 1837, Ueber die Secretions-Organe der Pflanzen. Berlin: Morin [part of: Müller Library].
- 1837, Neues System der Pflanzen-Physiologie. Erster Band. Berlin: Haude & Spener.
- 1838, Jahresbericht über die Resultate der Arbeiten im Felde der physiologischen Botanik von dem Jahre 1837, Berlin: Nicolai'sche Buchhandlung
- 1839, Jahresbericht über die Resultate der Arbeiten im Felde der physiologischen Botanik von dem Jahre 1838, Berlin: Nicolai'sche Buchhandlung.[1]
References
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- ^ a b Max Planck Institute for the History of Science, Berlin biography
- ^ CRC World Dictionary of Plant Names: Common Names, Scientific Names, Eponyms by Umberto Quattrocchi
- ^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order MYLIOBATIFORMES (Stingrays)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 21 January 2022.
- ^ International Plant Names Index. Meyen.
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