Caspar Georg Carl Reinwardt
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Caspar Georg Carl Reinwardt (1773 – 6 March 1854) was a Prussian-born Dutch botanist.
Reinwardt was the founder and first director of agriculture of the botanic garden at Bogor (Buitenzorg) in Java. He was Professor of natural philosophy at the University of Leiden from 1823 to 1845.
The botanical journal Reinwardtia (ISSN 0034-365X) from Bogor Botanical Gardens, Indonesia were named in his honour.
The Reinwardt Academy, the faculty of museology and cultural heritage of the Amsterdam School for the Arts was also named after Reinwardt.
[edit] Eponymous species
Some of the species named in honor him are listed below:
- Reinwardtia, genus of plant in the Linaceae family.
- Reinwardtoena, genus of bird in the Columbidae family.
- Great Cuckoo-dove, Reinwardtoena reinwardtsi, a species of bird in the Columbidae family. It is endemic to Indonesia.
- Javan Trogon, Apalharpactes reinwardtii, bird in Trogonidae family.
- Rhacophorus reinwardtii, a flying frog from Indonesia.
- Blackcap Babbler, Turdoides reinwardtii, an Old World babbler.
- Orange-footed Scrubfowl, Megapodius reinwardt, a megapode.
- Farancia abacura reinwardti, Western mud snake, from the United States
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