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Didrik Ferdinand Didrichsen (3 July 1814 in Copenhagen – 19 March 1887 in Frederiksberg) was a Danish
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Didrik Ferdinand Didrichsen (3 July 1814 in Copenhagen – 19 March 1887 in Frederiksberg) was a Danish botanist
Botany, also called , plant biology or phytology, is the science of plant life and a branch of biology. A botanist, plant scientist or phytologist is a scientist who specialises in this field. The term "botany" comes from the Ancient Greek wo ...
and physicist.
He participated as botanist in the first Galathea Expedition (1845—1847). In 1851 he began work as a librarian at the botanical gardens in Copenhagen. From 1856 to 1875 he was an associate professor of botany. In 1875, Didrichsen succeeded Anders Sandøe Ørsted as professor of botany at the University of Copenhagen and director of the botanic garden, whereby the already then much better known Eugen Warming was passed over. After Didrichsen's retirement in 1885, Warming succeeded him in both positions.
As a taxonomist, he described the botanical genera ''Mostuea
''Mostuea'' is one of only three genera of flowering plants belonging to the small family Gelsemiaceae (the other two being ''Gelsemium'' and '' Pteleocarpa''). ''Mostuea'' and ''Gelsemium'' were formerly placed in the family Loganiaceae, while ' ...
'', ''Myriogomphus
''Croton'' is an extensive flowering plant genus in the spurge family, Euphorbiaceae. The plants of this genus were described and introduced to Europeans by Georg Eberhard Rumphius. The common names for this genus are rushfoil and croton, but ...
'', ''Pogonophyllum
''Micrandra'' is a plant genus of the family Euphorbiaceae first described in 1854. It is native to South America.
Species
Species currently included in ''Micrandra'':
# '' Micrandra australis'' (R.E.Schult.) R.E.Schult. - Amazonas in Brazil ...
'' and '' Stenonia'', as well as numerous plant species. Many of these findings were published in the '' Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra den Naturhistoriske Forening i Kjøbenhavn''. Taxa with the specific epithet of ''didrichsenii'' are named in his honor.
Publications
* ''Plantas nonnullas musei Universitatis Hauniensis descripsit'', 1854. * ''For hundrede Aar siden : smaa Samlinger til et Tidsrum af den danske Botaniks Historie : særskilt Aftryk af "Naturhistorisk Tidsskrift", 3. R. 6. B.'', 1869.publications)
References
1814 births 1887 deaths 19th-century Danish botanists Botanists active in South Asia University of Copenhagen alumni University of Copenhagen faculty {{Denmark-botanist-stub