Christian Ludwig (Luis) Landbeck (11 December 1807 – 3 September 1890) was a prominent German ornithologist. He took part in an expedition to

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and described many species of birds in collaboration with

Rodolfo Amando Philippi Rodolfo Amando (or Rudolph Amandus) Philippi (14 September 1808 – 23 July 1904) was a German–Chilean paleontologist and zoologist. Philippi contributed primarily to malacology and paleontology. His grandson, Rodulfo Amando Philippi Bañados ( ...

. He directed the publication of the ''Naturgeschichte aller Vögel Europas'' ("Natural history of all European birds"). Although the two scientists jointly described many species, the

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''Cereus coerulescens'' var. ''landbeckii'' was named by Philippi in honour of his colleague. Philippi also named the following (non-avian) species after Landbeck: * ''Calceolaria landbeckii'': (1860), botanical species in the family

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. * ''Gnaphalium landbeckii'': (1864), botanical species in the tribe

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. * ''Bombylius landbecki'': (1865), insect from the family

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. * ''Allidiostoma landbecki'': (1873), insect from the subfamily

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. Another plant named after him is Tillandsia landbeckii

Publications

* ''Nachtrag zur Aufzählung der Vögel Würtemberg'', 1836 - Addendum to supplement of birds in

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. * ''Systematisches Verzeichniss der Vögel Württembergs'', 1846 - Systematic directory of birds in Württemberg.WorldCat Search
(publications)

References

1807 births 1890 deaths German ornithologists 19th-century German zoologists {{ornithologist-stub