About Casimir Christoph Schmidel
Lived 1718 – 1792 (aged 74). Casimir Christoph Schmidel was a German botanist, university teacher, geologist, naturalist and physician.
Casimir Christoph Schmidel (born 21 November 1718 in Bayreuth, Germany, died 18 December 1792 in Ansbach, Germany) was a naturalist of the 18th century who researched in botany and mineralogy.
Among genera he named are the flowering plant genera Penstemon and Proboscidea and the fern genus Thelypteris. Among species he described are the red alga Dilsea carnosa
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Who was Casimir Christoph Schmidel?
German botanist (1718–1792)
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Casimir Christoph Schmidel was born on 21 November 1718 in Bayreuth.
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Casimir Christoph Schmidel died on 18 December 1792 in Ansbach.
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Casimir Christoph Schmidel was a botanist, university teacher, geologist, naturalist and physician.
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Casimir Christoph Schmidel was German.
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