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Heinrich Wydler

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Heinrich Wydler 1800 - 1883

Heinrich Wydler was a Swiss botanist (24 April 1800, Zurich – 6 December 1883, Gernsbach.) He spent the years 1826-27 on a collecting expedition to the West Indies; worked at the St. Petersburg botanical garden in 1828-30; was curator (keeper) of the de Candolle botanical collections at the University of Geneva (G-DeC), 1830–4. He worked as a teacher in Geneva and Bern and after his marriage in 1840 settled in Strasbourg.

The now defunct genus Wydleria DC. (Apiaceae) was named in his honor.

Complete bibliography

The standard author abbreviation Wydler is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.[1]

Sources

References

  1. ^ International Plant Names Index.  Wydler.
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