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Heinrich Adolf Schrader (1 January 1767 in
Alfeld
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near
Hildesheim
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– 22 October 1836 in
Göttingen
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) was a German
botanist
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and
mycologist
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. He studied medicine early in life. He named the Australian plant genus ''
Hakea
''Hakea'' ( ) is a genus of about 150 species of plants in the Family ''Proteaceae'', endemic to Australia. They are shrubs or small trees with leaves that are sometimes flat, otherwise circular in cross section in which case they are sometimes d ...
'' in 1797.
In 1795 he received his medical doctorate from the
University of Göttingen
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, where in 1803 he became an associate professor to the medical faculty and director of the
botanical garden
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. In 1809 he attained the title of "full professor" at Göttingen, where he taught classes until his retirement.
Among his better known publications are ''Nova genera plantarum'' (1797) and ''Flora germanica'' (1806). The plant genus ''
Schraderanthus
''Schraderanthus'' is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Solanaceae
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'' is named in his honour.
Phytologia (April 2009) 91(1) Schraderanthus, A New Genus of Solanaceae
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Schrader was elected a corresponding member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
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in 1815.
See also
* :Taxa named by Heinrich Schrader (botanist)
References
1767 births
1836 deaths
18th-century German botanists
Members of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
University of Göttingen faculty
People from Hildesheim (district)
19th-century German botanists
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