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German amateur botanist specialising in cacti (1849–1922)
Leopold Quehl
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German amateur botanist specialising in cacti (1849–1922)
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Quehl
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Male
Place of birth
Halle, Gütersloh, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Age
73 years
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Leopold Quehl (1849–1922, Halle an der Saale) was a German amateur botanist who specialized in Cactaceae.
He was employed as a postal worker in Halle. Around 1873 he developed an interest in cacti, and subsequently amassed a large collection of living plants as well as creating a herbarium. He was the binomial authority of numerous species within the family Cactaceae, of which he published his findings in the Monatsschrift für Kakteenkunde.
Plants with the specific epithets of quehlianum and quehlianus are named in his honor; examples being:
- Echinocactus quehlianus (F.Haage ex Quehl).
- Gymnocalycium quehlianum (F.Haage ex Quehl) Vaupel ex Hosseus).
Quehl was a founding member of Deutsche Kakteen-Gesellschaft (DKG).
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Gender:Male, Born in:Years 1800 to 1849
Notable German Scientists
Gender:Male, Born in:Years 1800 to 1849
Notable American Botanists
Gender:Male, Born in:Years 1800 to 1849
Notable German Botanists
Gender:Male, Born in:Years 1800 to 1849
Notable German Botanists
Gender:Male, Born in:Years 1800 to 1849
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