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Friedrich Wilhelm von Leysser
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| Intro | German botanist |
| A.K.A. | Leyss. |
| Was | Scientist Botanist |
| From | Germany |
| Field | Science |
| Gender | male |
| Birth | 7 March 1731, Magdeburg, Germany |
| Death | 10 October 1815, Halle (Saale), Germany (aged 84 years) |
| Star sign | Pisces |
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Biography
Friedrich Wilhelm von Leysser (March 7, 1731 – October 10, 1815); (surname sometimes given as Leyser) was a German botanist who was a native of Magdeburg. He served as counsellor (Kriegsrat and Domänenrat) to the king of Prussia.
He was the author of Flora Halensis (Flora of Halle) (1761), and was the first president of Naturforschende Gesellschaft zu Halle. The plant genus Leyssera (Leysera) from the family Asteraceae is named after him.
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http://www.ipni.org/ipni/advAuthorSearch.do?find_abbreviation=Leyss.
http://linnaeus.c18.net/Letters/display_bio.php?id_person=1104
http://www.zeno.org/Meyers-1905/A/Leyss.
https://www.ipni.org/ipni/advAuthorSearch.do?find_abbreviation=Leyss.
https://d-nb.info/gnd/13667139X
http://isni.org/isni/0000000122130648
https://libris.kb.se/auth/71165
https://www.idref.fr/089906985
https://trove.nla.gov.au/people/920688
https://viaf.org/viaf/80976632
https://www.worldcat.org/identities/containsVIAFID/80976632