Carl Friedrich von Ledebour (8 July 1786,

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also Karl Friedrich von Ledebour) was a

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. Between 1811 and 1836, he was professor of science in the University of Tartu, Estonia. His most important works were ''Flora Altaica'', the first

Flora Flora is all the plant life present in a particular region or time, generally the naturally occurring (indigenous) native plants. Sometimes bacteria and fungi are also referred to as flora, as in the terms '' gut flora'' or '' skin flora''. E ...

of the Altay Mountains, published in 1833, and ''Flora Rossica'', published in four volumes between 1841–1853, the first complete flora of the

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. New species he described for the first time in the ''Flora Altaica'' include ''

Malus sieversii ''Malus sieversii'' is a wild apple native to the mountains of Central Asia in southern Kazakhstan. It has recently been shown to be the primary ancestor of most cultivars of the domesticated apple (''Malus domestica''). It was first described as ...

'' (as ''Pyrus sieversii''), the wild ancestor of the

apple An apple is an edible fruit produced by an apple tree (''Malus domestica''). Apple fruit tree, trees are agriculture, cultivated worldwide and are the most widely grown species in the genus ''Malus''. The tree originated in Central Asia, wh ...

, and the Siberian Larch (''Larix sibirica''). The plant genera ''

Ledebouria ''Ledebouria'' is a genus of African bulbous perennial herbs in the Asparagus family, Asparagaceae, subfamily Scilloideae. Most members were previously part of the genus ''Scilla''. A number of species are grown by cacti and succulent enthusiasts ...

'' (in the Asparagus family,

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), and '' Ledebouriella'' (from the family Apiaceae) are named in his honor.

Personal life

Ledebour was the son of the Swedish military Johann Ledebour and his mother was Anna Maria Hagemann.

External links

Vascular Plant Flora of Estonia Summary
Includes biographical details.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Ledebour, Carl Friedrich von 19th-century German botanists Corresponding members of the Saint Petersburg Academy of Sciences 1786 births 1851 deaths People from Stralsund University of Tartu faculty German people of Swedish descent

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