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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. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)

References

На других языках

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- [en] Wilhelm Gerhard Walpers

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[ru] Вальперс, Вильгельм Герхард

Вильге́льм Ге́рхард Ва́льперс — немецкий ботаник XIX века.

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