Johann Heinrich Dierbach (23 March 1788 in Heidelberg – 11 May 1845 in Heidelberg) was a German

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and

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 ...

. He studied medicine at the University of Heidelberg, receiving his doctorate in 1816. During the following year, he became a lecturer at Heidelberg and in 1820 an associate professor. At the university, he taught classes on subjects with botanical and medico-pharmacological themes.Dierbach, Johann Heinrich
In: Neue Deutsche Biographie (NDB). Band 3, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1957, , S. 654 f. He was the author of numerous articles in botanical, medical and pharmaceutical journals. The plant genus ''Dierbachia'' (syn. ''Dunalia'', family

Solanaceae The Solanaceae , or nightshades, are a family of flowering plants that ranges from annual and perennial herbs to vines, lianas, epiphytes, shrubs, and trees, and includes a number of agricultural crops, medicinal plants, spices, weeds, and orn ...

) was named in his honor by Kurt Sprengel.

Selected works

* ''Flora heidelbergensis'' (2 parts, 1819–20). * ''Die Arzneimitlel des Hippokrates'', 1824 – The drug of Hippocrates. * ''Die neuesten Entdeckungen in der Materia Medica, für praktische Aerzte geordnet'' (2 volumes, 1828) – The latest discoveries in materia medica. * ''Abhandlung über die Arzneikräfte der Pflanzen : verglichen mit ihrer Structur und ihren chemischen Bestandtheilen'' (1831) – Treatise on the

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of plants; comparison of their structure and chemical constituents. * ''Flora apiciana. Ein Beitrag zur näheren Kenntniss der Nahrungsmittel der alten Römer'' (1831) – Flora apiciana, contribution to the knowledge of the diet of the ancient Romans. * ''Flora mythologica oder Pflanzenkunde in bezug auf mythologie und symbolik der Griechen und Römer'' (1833) – Flora mythologica, or botany in regards to the mythology and symbolism of the Greeks and Romans.HathiTrust Digital Library
published works

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Dierbach, Johann Heinrich 1788 births 1845 deaths Scientists from Heidelberg Heidelberg University alumni Academic staff of Heidelberg University German pharmacists 19th-century German botanists