Chrétien Géofroy Nestler Explained

Chrétien Géofroy Nestler, name also given as Christian Gottfried Nestler (1 March 1778, Strasbourg – 2 October 1832), was a botanist and pharmacist from Alsace.

He studied under Louis Claude Richard in Paris, and in 1806–1810 served as a military pharmacist.^[1] He was later a professor of botany to the faculty of medicine at the University of Strasbourg and a chief pharmacist of Strasbourg hospices. In 1816 he was appointed director of the botanical garden at Strasbourg.^[2] Together with Jean-Baptiste Mougeot, Antoine Mougeot and Wilhelm Philippe Schimper he edited some exsiccatae.^[3]

As a taxonomist, he described a number of species within the genus Potentilla.^[4] The genus Nestlera (family Asteraceae) was named in his honor by Kurt Sprengel.^[5]

Written works

• "Monographia de Potentilla præmissis nonnullis observationibus circa familiam Rosacearum". (1816).
• "Index plantarum quae in horto Academ. Argentinensi anno 1817 viguerunt" (1818).
• Notice sur le Sedum repens (1830).
• "Index alphabeticus: generum, specierum et synonymorum", with Jean-Baptiste Mougeot and Wilhelm Philippe Schimper (1843).
• "Stirpes cryptogamæ vogeso-rhenanæ: quas in Rheni superioris inferiorisque, nec non Vogesorum præfecturis", with Jean-Baptiste Mougeot and Wilhelm-Philippe Schimper (1854).^[6]

Notes and References

1. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33355815#page/744/mode/1up BHL
2. http://www.museum-grenoble.fr/collections/collections/botanique/botanique_c13.html Museum Grenoble
3. Triebel, D. & Scholz, P. 2001–2024 IndExs – Index of Exsiccatae. – Botanische Staatssammlung München: http://indexs.botanischestaatssammlung.de. – München, Germany.
4. http://www.ipni.org/ipni/advPlantNameSearch.do?find_authorAbbrev=Nestl.&find_includePublicationAuthors=on&find_includePublicationAuthors=off&find_includeBasionymAuthors=on&find_includeBasionymAuthors=off&find_isAPNIRecord=on&find_isAPNIRecord=false&find_isGCIRecord=on&find_isGCIRecord=false&find_isIKRecord=on&find_isIKRecord=false&find_rankToReturn=all&output_format=normal&find_sortByFamily=on&find_sortByFamily=off&query_type=by_query IPNI
5. https://books.google.com/books?id=kaN-hLL-3qEC&dq=%22+Christian+Gottfried+Nestler%22+1778&pg=PA1815 CRC World Dictionary of Plant Names: Common Names, Scientific Names, Eponyms ...
6. [s:Author:Chrétien Géofroy Nestler|English Wikisource]