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Leopold Quehl

German amateur botanist specialising in cacti (1849–1922) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Leopold Quehl (1849–1922, Halle an der Saale) was a German amateur botanist who specialized in Cactaceae.

Biography

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Gymnocalycium quehlianum

Quehl was employed as a postal worker in Halle. Around 1873 he developed an interest in cacti, and subsequently amassed a large collection of living plants as well as creating a herbarium.[1] He was the binomial authority of numerous species within the family Cactaceae, of which he published his findings in the Monatsschrift für Kakteenkunde.[2]

Quehl was a founding member of Deutsche Kakteen-Gesellschaft (DKG).[3]

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Legacy

Plants with the specific epithets of quehlianum and quehlianus are named in his honor; examples being:

The standard author abbreviation Quehl is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.[7]

References

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