Hermann Wendland (October 11, 1825 in
Herrenhausen – January 12, 1903 in
Hanover
Hanover (; german: Hannover ; nds, Hannober) is the capital and largest city of the German state of Lower Saxony. Its 535,932 (2021) inhabitants make it the 13th-largest city in Germany as well as the fourth-largest city in Northern Germany ...
) was a German
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 gardener.
He was a noted authority on the family
Arecaceae
The Arecaceae is a family of perennial flowering plants in the monocot order Arecales. Their growth form can be climbers, shrubs, tree-like and stemless plants, all commonly known as palms. Those having a tree-like form are called palm trees ...
(palms), on which he published a major monograph which formed the basis for the modern classification of the family, including many of the generic names currently in use.
The South American palm genus ''
Wendlandiella
''Wendlandiella'' is a genus of one species of palms found in Peru, Bolivia and Acre state in Brazil
Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and ...
'' is named after him.
Publications
* ''Die Königlichen Gärten zu Herrenhausen bei Hannover'' (Hannover, 1852)
* ''Index palmarum, cyclanthearum, pandanearum, cycadearum, quae in hortis europaeis coluntur'' (Hannover, 1854).
Taxonomist
References
External links
PACSOA biography
German gardeners
German taxonomists
1825 births
1903 deaths
Scientists from Hanover
19th-century German botanists
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