Carl Heinrich Ebermaier

Carl Heinrich Ebermaier (4 February 1802, Rheda – 1 January 1870,[1] Düsseldorf) was a German physician and author on medicinal botany. He was the son of pharmacist/physician Johann Erdwin Christoph Ebermaier (1768-1825).

Background

In 1824 he received his medical doctorate in Berlin, afterwards settling into a medical practice in Düsseldorf. During his career he served as a medical adviser and as a privy councilor.[2]

The plant genus Ebermaiera (family Acanthaceae) is named after him.[3] He collaborated with botanist Theodor Friedrich Ludwig Nees von Esenbeck (1787-1837) on the textbook "Handbuch der medicinisch-pharmaceutischen Botanik".

Written works

References

  1. ↑ Biodiversity Heritage Library Taxonomic literature : a selective guide to botanical publications
  2. ↑ Google Books Dictionnaire encyclopédique des sciences médicales: publié sous ..., Volume 66
  3. ↑ Google Books The Names of Plants by David Gledhill
  4. ↑ Works by or about Carl Heinrich Ebermaier in libraries (WorldCat catalog)
  5. ↑ IPNI.  C.H.Eberm.
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