Martin Val ( dat. Martin Vahl , October 10, 1749 - December 24, 1804) is a Danish ( Norwegian ) botanist and zoologist .
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| Date of Birth | October 10, 1749 |
| Place of Birth | Bergen , Norway |
| Date of death | December 24, 1804 (55 years old) |
| Place of death | Copenhagen , Denmark |
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Short biography
He studied in Bergen , Copenhagen and studied medicine and botany at Uppsala University under the direction of Carl Linnaeus .
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The author of the names of a number of botanical taxa . In the botanical ( binary ) nomenclature, these names are supplemented by the abbreviation " Vahl " . A list of such taxa on the IPNI website Personal page on IPNI website |
Val made several exploratory journeys to Europe and North Africa between 1783 and 1788.
In 1786, in Copenhagen, Wal became a professor of the natural history society and was a professor of botany at the University of Copenhagen from 1801 until his death. Among his students is Nathaniel Wallich .
Val - editor of the XVI — XXI heads of the botanical atlas Flora Danica (in 1787—1799), I — III parts of Symbolæ Botanicæ (in 1790–1794), I – IV parts of Eclogæ Americanæ (in 1796–1807) and I— Part II Enumeratio Plantarum (in the years 1804-1805).
In honor of Valya, the genus Vahlia Thunb is named . ( 1782 ) - Walia . According to the classification system APG II ( 2003 ), the genus is divided into a separate Valiev family ( Vahliaceae ) in the group of eusterides I.
Martin's son Valya, Jens Val ( d. Jens Laurentius Moestue Vahl , 1796-1854), like his father, became a botanist (he also worked in pharmaceuticals ).
Literature
Christensen, Carl (1932) Martin Vahl, pp. 85-88 in: Meisen, V. Prominent Danish Scientists through the Ages. University Library of Copenhagen 450th Anniversary. Levin & Munksgaard, Copenhagen.
Links
- Flora Danica . The Royal Copenhagen Porcelain Manufactory's page on the Flora Danica dinner set.
- Facsimile of Enumeratio plantarum , Hauniae, 1805-1806.