Wilhelm Ludwig Petermann
Botanist, author and university teacher
About Wilhelm Ludwig Petermann
Lived 1806 – 1855 (aged 48). Wilhelm Ludwig Petermann was a botanist, author, university teacher, non-fiction writer and botanical collector.
Wilhelm Ludwig Petermann (3 November 1806 Leipzig – 27 January 1855 Hanover), was a German botanist and agrostologist, professor of philosophy and botany, and curator of the Herbarium at the University of Leipzig. He is commemorated in the botanical genus Petermannia F.Muell.
Selected publications
1849. Deutschlands Flora mit Abbildungen sämmtlicher Gattungen auf 100 Tafeln 1846. Analytischer Pflanzenschlssel für botanische Excursionen in der Umgegend von Leipzig (Excursiones botánicas con taxonomías analíticas en la vecindad de Leipzig) 1845. Das Pflanzenreich in vollständigen Beschreibungen aller wichtigen Gewächse dargestellt ... durch naturgetreue Abbildungen erläutert. 282 pp. 1841. Flora des Bienitz und seiner Umgebungen ... Mit einer Karte 1840. Caroli Linnaei Opera. Editio prima critica, plena, ad editiones veras exacta, textum nullo rei detrimento contractum locosque editionum discrepantes exhibens. Vol. 1., Systema vegetabilium. Ed. Lipsiae, Sumptum fecit O. Wigand 1838. Flora Lipsiensis excursoria, exhibens plantas phanerogamas circa Lipsiam tam sponte nascentes quam in agris cultas, simul cum arboribus et fruticibus pomerii Lipsiensis 1835. Caroli Linnaei Opera. Editio prima critica, plena, ad editiones veras exacta, textum nullo rei detrimento contractum locosque editionum discrepantes exhibens. Vol. 2. Systema vegetabilium. Ed. Lipsiae, Sumptum fecit O. Wigand 1835. De flore gramineo, adjectis graminum circa Lipsiam tam sponte nascentium quam in agris cultorum descriptionibus genericis. Dissertatio botanica De flore gramineo, adjectis graminum circa Lipsiam tam sponte nascentium quam in agris cultorum descriptionibus genericis. Dissertatio botanica Schlüssel der Gattungen nach dem künstlichen Systeme In Codicem Botanicum Linnaeanum Index Alphabeticus Generum Specierum Ac Synonymorum Omnium Completissimus Taschenbuch Der Botanik Leipzig, Volckmar. 1842
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Who was Wilhelm Ludwig Petermann?
botanist, author and university teacher (1806-1855)
When was Wilhelm Ludwig Petermann born?
Wilhelm Ludwig Petermann was born on 3 November 1806 in Leipzig.
When did Wilhelm Ludwig Petermann die?
Wilhelm Ludwig Petermann died on 27 January 1855 in Hanover.
What was Wilhelm Ludwig Petermann's occupation?
Wilhelm Ludwig Petermann was a botanist, author, university teacher, non-fiction writer and botanical collector.
What nationality was Wilhelm Ludwig Petermann?
Wilhelm Ludwig Petermann's recorded nationality: Kingdom of Saxony.
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