Michael Rohde was a German physician and botanist. He was born on 25 July 1782, in Bremen, and died there on 28 May 1812. From 1800 to 1804 he studied natural sciences and medicine at the

University of Göttingen The University of Göttingen, officially the Georg August University of Göttingen, (german: Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, known informally as Georgia Augusta) is a public research university in the city of Göttingen, Germany. Founded ...

. Following graduation, he was engaged in travels for several years in southern Germany, Austria and France. In 1809 he started a medical practice in Bremen, where he died three years later, aged 29. In 1804 he published ''Monographiae Cinchonae generis tentamen''.Monographiae cinchonae generis tentamen
HathiTrust Digital Library The plant genus ''

Rohdea ''Rohdea'' is a genus of plants native to eastern Asia ( China, Japan, the Himalayas and Indochina). It was long thought to contain only a single species, ''R. japonica'', but recent studies have resulted in several other taxa being transferred ...

'' is named in Rohde's honor.

Sources and references

* John Hendley Barnhart (1965). ''Biographical Notes upon Botanists''. G.K. Hall & Co. (Boston). 19th-century German botanists 1782 births 1812 deaths Scientists from Bremen University of Göttingen alumni {{Germany-botanist-stub