Heinrich Wilhelm Schott
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Heinrich Wilhelm Schott (January 7, 1794 – March 5, 1865) was a botanist well-known for his extensive work on the aroids (Family Araceae).
He was born in Brünn. He died in Schönbrunn. In the early 1800s, he was director of the Habsburg's Schönbrunn Palace gardens in Vienna, Austria.
The standard botanical author abbreviation Schott is applied to species he described.
Publications
- Synopsis Aroidearum, 1856
- Icones Aroidearum, 1857
- Genera Aroidearum Exposita, 1858
- Prodromus Systematis Aroidearum, 1860
Reference
- Biography
- Riedl, H.; Riedl-Dorn, Christa – Heinrich Wilhelm Schott's botanical collections at the Vienna Natural History Museum; International Association for Plant Taxonomy – Utrecht (1988) ISBN/ISSN: 00400262
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