Wilhelm Gerhard Walpers Explained

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]
• Book: Walpers. Wilhelm Gerhard. Wilhelm Gerhard Walpers. Annales botanices systematicae (7 vols.). 1848–1868. 12 March 2016. Leipzig. la.

Notes and References

1. Book: Brummitt, R. K.. C. E. Powell . Authors of Plant Names . . 1992 . 1-84246-085-4.
2. http://de.wikisource.org/wiki/ADB:Walpers,_Wilhelm_Gerhard biography of Walpers
3. http://plants.jstor.org/flora/floc002491 JSTOR Global Plants
4. http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/genus.pl?18860 GRIN Taxonomy for Plants
5. Book: Walpers , Wilhelm Gerhard . Repertorium botanices systematicae . sumtibus Friderici Hofmeister . Vol. III . 1845 .