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August Wilhelm Eberhard Christoph Wibel

August Wilhelm Eberhard Christoph Wibel (1775, Ernsbach near Öhringen – 1814, Wertheim am Main) was a German physician and botanist.

He was a student at the University of Jena, earning his medical doctorate in 1797.[1] Later, he worked as a physician in the city of Wertheim am Main.[2]

He described a number of plant species,[3] and is the taxonomic authority of the genus Sciophila (family Liliaceae).[4] The fern genus Wibelia (family Davalliaceae) was named in his honor by Johann Jakob Bernhardi.[5]

Principal works

  • Primitiae florae Werthemensis, 1799.
  • Beyträge zur Beförderung der Pflanzenkunde: Ersten Bandes erste Abtheilung, 1800 - Contributions to the advancement of botany.[6]
The standard author abbreviation Wibel is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.[7]

References

  1. ^ Biodiversity Heritage Library Taxonomic literature : a selective guide to botanical publications
  2. ^ Georg-August-Universität Göttingen - W Department of Systematic Botany
  3. ^ IPNI List of plants described and co-described by Wibel
  4. ^ Index Nominum Genericorum database Sciophila
  5. ^ CRC World Dictionary of Plant Names: R-Z by Umberto Quattrocchi
  6. ^ Google Search (publications)
  7. ^ International Plant Names Index.  Wibel.
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