George Engelman ( German: Georg Engelmann , English; George Engelmann ; February 2, 1809 , Frankfurt - February 4, 1884 , St. Louis ) - American botanist and mycologist of German origin.
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| Place of Birth | Frankfurt am Main , Germany |
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| A country |  USA |
| Scientific field | botany , mycology |
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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 “ Engelm. " . List of such taxa on the IPNI website Personal page on IPNI website |
Member of the US National Academy of Sciences (1863) [3] .
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Short Biography
George Engelman was born in Frankfurt . He was the oldest child in the family. He became interested in botany for the first time at the age of 15, but studied medicine and became a doctor of medical sciences in 1831 . In the same year he left for the USA. In 1840, he returned to Germany, where he married his relative Dorothea Horstman, after which he again went to America.
Several plant species are named after George Engelman, including Carex engelmannii , Crataegus engelmannii , Echinocereus engelmannii , Salvia engelmannii , Picea engelmannii and Pinus engelmannii .
Pinus engelmannii - pine named after George Engelman
Scientific work
- Plantae Lindheimerianae: An enumeration of F. Lindheimer's collection of Texan plants, with remarks and descriptions of new species, etc. gemeinsam mit Asa Gray, Boston Journal of Natural History, Band 5 + 6, Boston 1845 und 1850
- Description Of The Cactaceae. Report Of The Botany Of The Expedition . In: Explorations and Surveys for a Railroad Route from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean. Route Near the Thirty-Fifth Parallel . Band 4 Teil 5, zusammen mit John Milton Bigelow und Lt. AW Whipple (Hg.), Government Printing Office, Washington 1856
- Cactaceae of the Boundary from United States and Mexican Boundary Survey under the Order of Lietu. Col. WH Emory . Smithsonian Institution, Government Printing Office, Washington 1859/1986
- Systematic arrangement of the genus Cuscuta . 1859
- CBC Synopsis of the Cactaceae . 1856/1988
- Kakteen der Grenze . 1859/1986
- The American Juniper of the Section Sabina . Verlag RP Studeley, St. Louis (Missouri) 1877.
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 SNAC - 2010.
- ↑ 1 2 Find a Grave - 1995. - ed. size: 165000000
- ↑ George Engelmann
Links
- Biographical Memoir of George Engelmann. 1809-1884 by Charles A. White // National Academy of Sciences, 1896