Hermann Wendland
German botanist and gardener
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| Intro | German botanist and gardener | ||
| A.K.A. | H.Wendl. | ||
| A.K.A. | H.Wendl. | ||
| Places | Germany Germany | ||
| was | Scientist Botanist Gardener | ||
| Work field | Science | ||
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| Birth | 11 October 1825, Hanover, Hanover region, Lower Saxony, Germany | ||
| Death | 12 January 1903Hanover, Hanover region, Lower Saxony, Germany (aged 77 years) | ||
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Biography
Hermann Wendland (1825 in Herrenhausen – 1903) was a German botanist and gardener.
He was a noted authority on the family Arecaceae (palms), on which he published a major monograph which formed the basis for the modern classification of the family, including many of the generic names currently in use.
The South American palm genus Wendlandiella is named after him.
Publications
- Die Königlichen Gärten zu Herrenhausen bei Hannover (Hannover, 1852)
- Index palmarum, cyclanthearum, pandanearum, cycadearum, quae in hortis europaeis coluntur (Hannover, 1854).