Friedrich Guimpel (1 August 1774 in

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– 17 January 1839) was a German engraver and

botanical illustrator Botanical illustration is the art of depicting the form, color, and details of plant species, frequently in watercolor paintings. They must be scientifically accurate but often also have an artistic component and may be printed with a botanical ...

. An artist and professor at the

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, he collaborated with several renowned

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in the creation of illustrated botanical works. Friedrich Gottlob Hayne14

The species ''Berberis guimpelii'' was named in his honor by Karl Koch and

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. It is synonymous with ''

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''. Lesser known is that Friedrich Guimpel also illustrated in colors a least one medical book: Carl Heinrich Weller ''Die Krankheiten des menschlichen Auges'' (Berlin 1819) and also the second edition of the same work in 1822.

Selected works

* ''Abbildung der deutschen holzarten für forstmäner und liebhaber der botanik'', 1815 – 1820 (with

Friedrich Gottlob Hayne Friedrich Gottlob Hayne (18 March 1763, Jüterbog – 24 April 1832, Berlin) was a German botanist, taxonomist, pharmacist and professor. Hayne showed an early interest in the plant world. From 1778 until 1796 he worked as a pharmacist in Berlin ...

; Karl Ludwig Willdenow) – Illustrations of German wood species for foresters and lovers of botany. * ''Abbildung der fremden, in Deutschland ausdauernden holzarten für forstmänner, garten besitzer und für freunde der botanik'', 1825 (with Friedrich Gottlob Hayne;

Christoph Friedrich Otto Christoph Friedrich Otto (4 December 1783 – 7 December 1856) was a German gardener and botanist. He was born in Schneeberg, Saxony. From 1805 to 1843 he was inspector of the Botanical Garden in Berlin. Together with Albert Gottfried Dietrich ...

). * ''Abbildung und Beschreibung aller in der Pharmacopoea Borussica aufgeführten Gewächse'', (with

Diederich Franz Leonhard von Schlechtendal Diederich Franz Leonhard von Schlechtendal (27 November 1794, Xanten – 12 October 1866, Halle) was a German botanist. He studied in Berlin, in 1819 becoming curator of the Royal Herbarium. He was a professor of botany and director of the Bo ...

) – Illustrations and descriptions of everything in the Pharmacopoeia Borussica listing of plants. * ''Pflanzen-Abbildungen und Beschreibungen zur Erkenntniss officineller Gewächse'', 1838 (with

Johann Friedrich Klotzsch Johann Friedrich Klotzsch (9 June 1805 – 5 November 1860) was a German pharmacist and botanist. His principal work was in the field of mycology, with the study and description of many species of mushroom. Klotzsch was born in Wittenberg. Origin ...

) – Botanical illustrations and descriptions of

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(publications)

References

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