Johann Christoph Wendland

Johann Christoph Wendland (July 17, 1755 - July 27, 1828) was a German botanist and gardener who was a native of Petit-Landau, Alsace. His son- Heinrich Ludolph Wendland (1791-1869) and his grandson- Hermann Wendland (1825-1903) were also gardeners and botanists.

As a young man he received an education in horticulture at the nursery of Karlsruhe Palace. In 1780 he became a gardener at Herrenhausen Gardens in Hanover, where he gained botanical experience from Jakob Friedrich Ehrhart (1742-1795), who was director of the gardens.

In 1817 Wendland was appointed inspector at Herrenhausen Gardens. He specialized in the culture of vineyards and peach trees, and also created the illustrations in his published works.

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

Selected publications

Hortus Herrenhusanus, 1788-1801
Verzeichnis der Glas- und Treibhauspflanzen des Königlichen Berggartens zu Herrenhausen (List of Glass and Greenhouse Plants of the Herrenhausen Gardens), 1797
Botanische Beobachtungen nebst einigen neuen Gattungen und Arten (Botanical Observations including some New Genera and Species), 1798
Ericarum icones et descriptiones; (26 issues)- 1798-1823
Collectio plantarum tam exoticarum quam indigenarum; 3 volumes until 1819.

References

^ International Plant Names Index. J.C.Wendl.

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[1] International Plant Names Index. J.C.Wendl.

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