Christian Friedrich Heinrich Wimmer

Christian Friedrich Heinrich Wimmer

Christian Friedrich Heinrich Wimmer (October 30, 1803 - March 12, 1868) was a German botanist and educator who was a native of Breslau.

He worked as a Schulrat (education official) in Breslau, and was the author of several publications of Silesian flora. He specialized in the study of the willow genus Salix. The plant genus Wimmeria of the family Celastraceae is named after him.

In the field of philology Wimmer published an edition of Theophrastus titled Theophrasti Eresii Opera quae supersunt omnia.

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

Selected writings

  • Flora Silesiae (Silesian Flora), with Heinrich Emanuel Grabowski (1792-1842), 1827-1829.
  • Flora von Schlesien (Flora of Silesia), 1832.
  • Phytologiae Aristotelicae fragmenta, 1838.
  • Flora von Schlesien preußischen und österreichischen Antheils (Flora of Prussian and Austrian Silesia Antheils), 1840.
  • Theophrasti Eresii Opera quae supersunt omnia, 1866
  • Salices europaeae, 1866.

References

  1. ^ "Author Query". International Plant Names Index. http://www.ipni.org/ipni/authorsearchpage.do. 
  • This article is based on a translation of an article from the German Wikipedia.
  • [1] translated biography @ Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie
  • [2] WorldCat Identities, List of publications


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