Friedrich Leybold

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Not to be confused with Friedrich Ernst Leibold (or Leybold).

Friedrich Leybold (29 September 1827, Grossköllenbach (Bavaria) – 31 December 1879, Santiago de Chile) was a German-Chilean pharmacist and naturalist.

In 1855 he relocated to Chile as a pharmaceutical industrialist,[1] eventually settling in Santiago de Chile. While in South America, he traveled the Argentine Pampas, publishing "Escursion a las pampas arjentinas : hojas de mi diario, febrero de 1871" as a result.[2] While collecting specimens in the Juan Fernández Archipelago, he discovered the Alejandro Selkirk firecrown (Sephanoides fernandensis leyboldi), a subspecies of hummingbird endemic to Alejandro Selkirk Island.[3] It is now classified as extinct; the last sighting of the subspecies was in 1908.

Sephanoides fernandensis leyboldi; from Gould's 'A Monograph of the Trochilidae or Family of Hummingbirds'.

He provided descriptions for a number of botanical species and is the taxonomic authority of the family Tecophilaeaceae.[4] The hard fern species Blechnum leyboldtianum (synonym Blechnum blechnoides) is named in his honor.[3]

He was author of a monograph on the botanical order Salicineae that became part of the "Flora Brasiliensis" series.[5]

The standard author abbreviation Leyb. is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.[6]

References[]

  1. ^ BHL Taxonomic literature : a selective guide to botanical publications
  2. ^ OCLC Classify (published works)
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b JSTOR Global Plants Leybold, Friedrich (1827-1879)
  4. ^ IPNI List of plants described and co-described by Friedrich Leybold.
  5. ^ OCLC WorldCat Salicineae
  6. ^ IPNI.  Leyb.


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