Georg Wilhelm Schimper
Georg Heinrich Wilhelm Schimper in
Biography
Schimper was born at Lauf an der Pegnitz in Bavaria. He was the son of Margaretha Baroness von Furthenbach and the engineer and teacher Friedrich Ludwig Heinrich Schimper.[1] He was a brother to naturalist Karl Friedrich Schimper (1803–1867).[2]
From 1828 to 1830 Schimper studied natural history in Munich and entered into contact with Eduard Rüppell,[1] and for a short period of time worked with geologist Louis Agassiz as a draftsman and illustrator. In 1831 he undertook a botanical collection trip to Algiers, about which, he published Reise nach Algier in den jahren 1831 und 1832.[3] A few years later he conducted botanical research in Egypt and the Sinai,[4] eventually settling in Ethiopia in 1836.
During his time spent in
During the years 1864 to 1868 he wrote an extensive report on his observations made in the course of his botanical trips through
Schimper died at Adwa in Tigray, Ethiopia .
Taxa
His name is commemorated by the botanical genera Schimpera (family Brassicaceae),[7] Schimperella (now a synonym of Oreoschimperella Rauschert[8]) and Schimperina (now a synonym of Agelanthus Tiegh.).[9]
The species epithet schimperiana is attached to a number of plants; a few examples being Habenaria schimperiana, Pyrrosia schimperiana (now a synonym of Hovenkampia schimperiana,[10]), Festuca schimperiana and Kalanchoe schimperiana.[11]
References
- ^ ISBN 978-3-447-06246-6.
- ^ "Karl Friedrich Schimper". Computergenealogie. Retrieved August 1, 2020.
- ^ Google Books Wilhelm Schimper's Reise nach Algier in den jahren 1831 und 1832
- ^ ADB:Schimper, Wilhelm at Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie
- ^ "Der Esslinger Botanische Reiseverein". lehmanns.de. Retrieved August 1, 2020.
- ^ Schimper, Georg Wilhelm: In Abyssinia. Observations on Tigre. Ed. by Andreas Gestrich and Dorothea McEwan. Critical online edition, 2015
- ^ "Schimpera Steud. & Hochst. ex Endl. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 25 May 2021.
- ^ "Schimperella H.Wolff | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 7 December 2021.
- ^ "Schimperina Tiegh. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 7 December 2021.
- ^ "Pyrrosia schimperiana (Mett.) Alston | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 7 December 2021.
- ^ Kew Royal Botanic Gardens Archived 2013-12-15 at the Wayback Machine Kalanchoe schimperiana
- ^ International Plant Names Index. G.W.Schimp.
Notes
- "This article incorporates translated text from an equivalent article at the German Wikipedia".
Relevant literature
- McEwan, Dorothea. "Georg Wilhelm Schimper (1804-1878). Maps and cross-sectional profiles of Tigray, the Semen Mountains and the Märäb and Täkkäze regions of Ethiopa". Journal of the International Map Collectors’ Society ( IMCoS), London, June 2020 edition, 7-17. ISSN 0956-5728.
External links
- CRC World Dictionary of Plant Names: R-Z by Umberto Quattrocchi
- Georg Wilhelm Schimper - in Abyssinia. Observations on Tigre – Online Edition at German Historical InstituteLondon