The Names Of Plants.pdf

The Names of Plants
Weldenia for Franz Ludwig Frieherr von Welden (1780–1853), alpine naturalist in
the Austrian army
Wellingtonia for Sir Arther Wellesley (1769–1852), Duke of Wellington, ( Sequoia)
Wellstedia for Lieutenant J. R. Wellsted (1805–42), Belgian with the East India
Company’s Palinurus survey of NE Africa (Wellstedtiaceae)
Welwitchia, welwitschii for Dr Friedrich Martin Welwitsch (1806–72), Austrian physician,
naturalist and traveller, director of Lisbon Botanic Garden (Welwitschiaceae)
Wendlandia, wendlandianus -a -um, wendlandii for Johann Christoph Wendland
(1755–1828), his son Heinrich Ludolph Wendland (1729–1869) and his grandson
Herman Wendland (1825– 1903), successive Curators of Herrenhausen Botanic
Garden
Werneria for Abraham Gottleib Werner (1749–1817), German geologist
wernerifolius -a -um with foliage resembling that of (Senecio) werneri
Westringia for Johan Peter Westring (1753–1833), botanist and lichenologist, physician
to the senile King Charles XIII of Sweden
Wetria an anagram of Trewia
Wettsteiniola for Richard Wettstein Ritter von Westerheim (1863–1931), Austrian
systematist and palaeontologist
wherryi for Thomas Theodore Wherry (1885–1982), professor at Philadelphia
Whipplea, whipplei for Lieutenant Amiel Weeks Whipple (1818–63), pioneer on the
transcontinental American Railway, Pacific Ocean survey (1853–4)
whiteanus -a -um for W. H. White (c. 1859–1942), gardener to Sir Trevor Lawrence
at Dorking
whitei for either A. S. White of Findiaweni, Natal, or Gilbert White (1720–93), or
Cyril Tenison White (1890–1950), Queensland botanist
Whitfieldia for Thomas Whitfield, collector in Sierra Leone and Gambia, 1843–8
Whitlavia for F. Whitlaw, Irish botanist ( Phacelia)
whittallii for Edward Whittall (1851–1917), collector in Turkey
wichuraianus -a -um, wichurianus -a -um, wichurii, wichurae for Max Ernst Wichura
(1817–66), German botanist
Widdringtonia for Captain Samuel Edward Widdrington (1787–1856), English
botanist and explorer
Wiesneria for Julius Ritter von Wiesner (1838–1916), Czech- born Austrian botanist
and explorer
Wigandia for Johannes Wigand (1523–87), Prussian Bishop of the N European
region of Pomerania (Poland–Germany), and botanical writer
Wightia, wightii for Dr Robert Wight (1796–1872), Scottish physician and botanist,
Superintendent of Madras Botanic Garden, author of Icones plantarum Indiae orientalis
(1840)
Wikstroemia for Johan Emanuel Wikström (1789–1856), Swedish botanist
Wilbrandia for Johann Bernhard Wilbrand (1779–1846), German physician and
botanist, professor at Geissen
wildpretii for Wolfredo Wildpret de la Torre (b. 1933) of the Orotava Botanic
Garden, Tenerife
Wilkesia for Lieutenant Charles Wilkes (1798–1877), American explorer of Pacific
islands and NW American coasts
Willdenowia for Carl Ludwig von Willdenow (1765–1812), German physician and
naturalist, Director of Berlin Botanical Garden, author of Flora Berolinensis prodromus
(1787)
williamsii for a number of plant collectors, plant introducers, breeders and gardeners,
of whom Robert Statham Williams (1859–1945) was an American plant collector
in the Philippines, Benjamin Samuel Williams (1824–1890) was an
orchidologist (author of the Orchid-grower’s Manual), Percival Dacre Williams
(1865–1935) created the garden at Lanarth in Cornwall, also his cousin John
Charles Williams (1861–1939) of Caerhays Castle, Dr A. H. Williams, President of
the National Rose Society (1933–4), and Louis Otto Williams (b. 1908), an
American botanist
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