David Nathaniel Friedrich Dietrich Explained
David Nathaniel Friedrich Dietrich (3 October 1800 - 23 December 1888) was German botanist and gardener.
Dietrich's birth year is listed as 1799 and 1800. He was born in Ziegenhain.[1] In 1828 Dietrich worked as a botanical gardener in Jena. In 1836 he received his doctorate at the University of Jena, and later served as a curator at the botanical garden in Jena.
He was the nephew of the botanist Friedrich Gottlieb Dietrich (1765-1850).
Dietrich wrote pamphlets on poisonous plants, mosses, and forest flora and fauna of Germany as well as several botanical encyclopedias. His five-volume, 1839-1852 Synopsis Plantarum included about 80,000 species and 524 genera. The five-volume Flora of Germany published from 1833 to 1864 contains 1150 colored panels. The two-volume Forst Flora and the 476 booklets of the comprehensive Flora Universalis are his most famous work.[2]
Works
- Musci Thuringici,vivis exemplaribus exhibuerunt et illustraverunt, (1821-1825) exsiccata work (with Jonathan Carl Zenker, 1799–1837).[3]
- Forst Flora, (two volumes 1828–1833)
- Flora Universalis, (476 booklets, 1828–1861)
- Flora Medica, (1831–1835)
- Lichenographia Germanica, (1832–1837)
- Deutschlands Flora, (5 volumes, 1833-1864)
- Synopsis Plantarum, (5 volumes, 1839-1852)
- Deutschlands ökonomische Flora, (1841–1844)
Notes and References
- Web site: David Nathaniel Friedrich Dietrich. University of North Carolina Herbarium. November 26, 2014.
- Web site: Dietrich, Dr. David Nathaniel Friedrich (1800-1888) Forst Flora . Fine Antique Prints and Art . November 23, 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20141205154643/http://fineantiqueprintsandart.com/artists.php?manufacturerid=441 . December 5, 2014 .
- Web site: Musci Thuringici vivis exemplaribus exhibuerunt et illustraverunt Jonathan Carolus Zenker et Fridericus David Dietrich: IndExs ExsiccataID=1358056959 . IndExs – Index of Exsiccatae . Botanische Staatssammlung München . 19 May 2024.