Carl Heinrich Ebermaier (4 February 1802, in Rheda – 1 January 1870, in Düsseldorf) was a German physician and author on medicinal botany. He was the son of

pharmacist A pharmacist, also known as a chemist (Commonwealth English) or a druggist (North American and, archaically, Commonwealth English), is a healthcare professional who prepares, controls and distributes medicines and provides advice and instructi ...

/physician

Johann Erdwin Christoph Ebermaier Johann Erdwin Christoph Ebermaier (19 April 1768, Melle near Osnabrück – 21 February 1825) was a German physician and pharmacist. He was the father of Carl Heinrich Ebermaier, a writer on medicinal botany. He trained at the surgical acade ...

(1768-1825).

Background

In 1824 he received his medical doctorate in Berlin, afterwards settling into a medical practice in Düsseldorf. During his career he served as a medical adviser and as a privy councilor. The plant genus ''

Ebermaiera ''Staurogyne'' is a genus of plants in the family Acanthaceae. Description Species of the genus ''Staurogyne'' tend to have annual or perennial herbs. They may also have shrubs. The stems of ''Staurogyne'' tend to be short. Species The genus ...

'' (family Acanthaceae) is named after him. He collaborated with botanist

Theodor Friedrich Ludwig Nees von Esenbeck Theodor Friedrich Ludwig Nees von Esenbeck (26 July 1787 – 12 December 1837) was a German botanist and pharmacologist, who was born in Schloss Reichenberg near Reichelsheim (Odenwald). He was a younger brother to naturalist Christian Gottfrie ...

(1787-1837) on the textbook "''Handbuch der medicinisch-pharmaceutischen Botanik''".

Written works

* ''Plantarum papilionacearum : monographiam medicam'', 1824 * ''Ueber den Schwamm der Schädelknochen und die Schwammartigen Auswüchse der harten Hirnhaut'', 1829 * ''Erfahrungen und Ansichten über die Erkenntniss und Behandlung des asiatischen Brechdurchfalls'', 1832.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Ebermaier, Carl Heinrich 19th-century German botanists People from Rheda-Wiedenbrück 1804 births 1870 deaths 19th-century German physicians