August Wilhelm Dennstedt
German physician and botanist
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August Wilhelm Dennstedt (1776–1826), surname sometimes spelled Dennstaedt,[1] was a German medical doctor and botanist who was bürgermeister of Magdala, a town near Weimar. From 1817 he was scientific director of the Grand Ducal Garden in Belvedere.[2][3]
August Wilhelm Dennstedt | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1776 |
| Died | 1826 (aged 50) |
| Known for | "Schlüssel zum Hortus indicus malabaricus"; Genus Dennstaedtia named in his honor |
| Title | Bürgermeister of Magdala |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Botany, medicine |
| Workplaces | Belvedere Grand Ducal Garden Magdala |
| Dennst. | |
He was the taxonomic author of numerous botanical taxa; three examples being the genera Bruxanelia, Coulejia and Merremia. He entered many of his taxonomic findings in the register "Schlüssel zum Hortus indicus malabaricus".[4] The genus Dennstaedtia Bernh. (family Dennstaedtiaceae) is named in his honor.[5]
The standard author abbreviation Dennst. is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.[6]
Published works
- Weimar's Flora: Pflanzen mit deutlichen Geschlechtern, Volume 1, 1800.
- Pflanzen mit Luftgefäßen, 1807.
- Nomenclator botanicus: seu, Enumeratio alphabetica omnium hucusque cognitorum vegetabilium, adjectis praecipuis synonymis, 1810.
- Das Gewächsreich: oder characterisirende Beschreibung aller zur Zeit bekannten Gewächse.
- Hortus Belvedereanus. Oder Verzeichniss der bestimmten Pflanzen, 1820.[7]
