Wilhelm Gerhard Walpers

Wilhelm Gerhard Walpers
Born26 December 1816
Mühlhausen, Germany
Died18 June 1853
Berlin, Germany
Alma materUniversity of Greifswald
University of Breslau
Known forRepertorium botanices systematicæ
Notable workRepertorium botanices systematicæ (1842-1847)
Scientific career
FieldsBotany

Wilhelm Gerhard Walpers (26 December 1816 in Mühlhausen – 18 June 1853 in Berlin) was a German botanist. This botanist is denoted by the author abbreviation Walp. when citing a botanical name.[1]

He received his education at the Universities of Greifswald and Breslau, earning his habilitation in 1848 at Berlin. He died on 18 June 1853 from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.[2]

The plant genus Walpersia (synonym Phyllota) is named after him.[3][4]

Selected publications

  • Repertorium botanices systematicæ (six volumes, 1842–1847).[5]
  • Walpers, Wilhelm Gerhard (1848–1868). Annales botanices systematicae (7 vols.) (in Latin). Leipzig. Retrieved 12 March 2016.

References

  1. ^ Brummitt, R. K.; C. E. Powell (1992). Authors of Plant Names. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. ISBN 1-84246-085-4.
  2. ^ biography of Walpers @ Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie
  3. ^ JSTOR Global Plants Walpersia
  4. ^ GRIN Taxonomy for Plants Walpersia Harv.
  5. ^ Walpers, Wilhelm Gerhard (1845). Repertorium botanices systematicae (Vol. III ed.). sumtibus Friderici Hofmeister.


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