Heinrich Hildmann (ca. 1845–after 1918) was a German plantsman who specialized in cactus. He trained as a gardener at the Haage and Schmidt nurseries in

Erfurt Erfurt () is the capital and largest city in the Central German state of Thuringia. It is located in the wide valley of the Gera river (progression: ), in the southern part of the Thuringian Basin, north of the Thuringian Forest. It sits i ...

. He went to Paris about 1866 to work in the cactus nursery of Charles Pfersdorff, before opening his own nursery in Lyon. Returning to Germany at the outbreak of the Franco-Prussian War he established a cactus nursery in Berlin, later locating in the nearby town of

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. He sold the business in 1891 but continued as advisor to the new owner for several years.Monatsschrift für Kakteenkunde. October 1891. volume 1 no. 7. pages 94-9

/ref> While 1895, the year of his last original published article on cacti is often given as the year of his death, he continued his annual membership in the Brandenburg Botanical Society (Botanisschen Vereins der Provinz Brandenburg) from 1892 until 1911, but he was then still alive.Verhandlungen des Botanischen Vereins für die Provinz Brandenburg. 1892-191

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