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Heinrich Carl Haussknecht

Heinrich Carl Haussknecht is a science topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Heinrich Carl Haussknecht rather than just read about it. In short: Heinrich Carl Haussknecht (30 November 1838 – 7 July 1903) was a German pharmacist and botanical collector who was a native of Bennungen, Sachsen-Anhalt. Trained as a pharmacist, Haussknecht is remembered for collecting and describing numerous species of plants.

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Reference excerpt

Heinrich Carl Haussknecht (30 November 1838 – 7 July 1903) was a German pharmacist and botanical collector who was a native of Bennungen, Sachsen-Anhalt. Trained as a pharmacist, Haussknecht is remembered for collecting and describing numerous species of plants. His botanical explorations took place in Thuringia, Lower Saxony, Greece and the Middle East (the present-day nations of Turkey, Syria, Iraq, Iran), where he discovered, among others Tulipa aleppensis. He established a large herbarium in Weimar, which after his death was placed under the supervision of Joseph Friedrich Nicolaus Bornmüller (1862–1948). In 1949, the "Herbarium Haussknecht" was transferred to the University of Jena. Haussknecht specialized in the study of the genus Epilobium from the botanical family Onagraceae. In 1884 he published a monograph on the genus called Monographie der Gattung Epilobium. The botanical genus Haussknechtia was named in his honour by Pierre Edmond Boissier (1810–1885) in 1872. Also he was honoured in Ferula haussknechtii Wolff ex Rech. f. in 1952. Haussknecht distributed several large series of dried plant specimens, all not being exsiccatae in the strong sense, but listed by IndExs – Index of Exsiccatae. The series are entitled with reference to his expeditions, e.g., Iter Syriaco-Armeniarum (1864–1866) and Iter orientale (1867–1868).

References This article incorporates information based on a translation of an equivalent article at the Spanish Wikipedia.

External links IPNI List of botanical species described & co-described by Haussknecht

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Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Heinrich Carl Haussknecht

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Example 3 — an exam-style question

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Applications of Heinrich Carl Haussknecht

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In the classroom: Heinrich Carl Haussknecht is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 1838 births, 1903 deaths, 19th-century German botanists, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
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