Wladimir de Schoenefeld

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Wladimir de Schoenefeld (12 January 1816 in

botanist.[1]

From 1817 to 1833 he lived in France, then moved back to Berlin, where he stayed with botanist

Karl Sigismund Kunth for several years prior to his return to Paris (1840). In Paris, he studied botany under Adrien-Henri de Jussieu and became good friends with Ernest Cosson.[2][3]

In 1854 he was a founding member of the

Société Botanique de France, serving as its secretary-general from 1862 to 1875.[2] Following his death, Ernest Cosson published the biography, "Notice biographique sur Wladimir de Schoenefeld" (1876).[4] The botanical genus Schoenefeldia (family Poaceae) was named in his honor by Karl Sigismund Kunth.[5]

Published works

References

  1. ^ Prosopo Sociétés savantes de France
  2. ^ a b BHL Taxonomic literature : a selective guide to botanical publications
  3. ^ Parts of this paragraph are based on a translation of text from the French Wikipedia, source listed as: François Pellegrin (1954). Un siècle de Société de botanique de France. Bulletin de la Société botanique de France, supplément au n° 101 : 17-46.
  4. ^ Google Books Notice biographique sur Wladimir de Schoenefeld
  5. ^ CRC World Dictionary of Plant Names: R-Z by Umberto Quattrocchi
  6. ^ Google Search (publications)
  7. ^ Société Botanique du Centre-Ouest - Articles - Tela Botanica
  8. ^ International Plant Names Index.  Schoenef.