Johann Jakob Bernhardi
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Johann Jakob Bernhardi was a German doctor and botanist.
This botanist is denoted by the author abbreviation Bernh. when citing
a botanical name
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, and after graduation practiced medicine for a time in his native city.
He later served as Professor of Botany and director of the Botanical Garden until his death in 1850, being buried in the central avenue of this botanical garden.
Throughout his life thanks to acquisitions and interchanges with other botanists, he assembled a considerable herbarium of 60,000 plants with specimens from North America, South America, Asia, and Africa. After his death this herbarium did not remain in Germany
but due to the efforts of George Engelmann
, who, in 1857, shortly after the death of Bernhardi bought the complete herbarium for the amount of 600 dollars for Henry Shaw
, founder of the Botanical Garden of Missouri
in the U.S.A., forms the nucleus of the collection and the initial museum of this Botanical Garden (at the moment the "Missouri Botanical Garden herbarium" contains over 5 million specimens and the library over 120,000 volumes).
Johann J. Bernhardi studied and described several species of orchids, including Epipactis atrorubens.
He described a species of rose without thorns, Rosa × francofurtana, found in the garden of the house of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe in Weimar
.
This botanist is denoted by the author abbreviation Bernh. when citing
Author citation (botany)
In botanical nomenclature, author citation refers to citing the person who validly published a botanical name, i.e. who first published the name while fulfilling the formal requirements as specified by the International Code of Botanical Nomenclature...
a botanical name
Botanical name
A botanical name is a formal scientific name conforming to the International Code of Botanical Nomenclature and, if it concerns a plant cultigen, the additional cultivar and/or Group epithets must conform to the International Code of Nomenclature for Cultivated Plants...
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Biography
Johann J. Bernhardi studied Medicine and Botany at the University of ErfurtUniversity of Erfurt
The University of Erfurt is a public university located in Erfurt, Germany. Originally founded in 1379, the university was closed in 1816 for the next 177 years...
, and after graduation practiced medicine for a time in his native city.
He later served as Professor of Botany and director of the Botanical Garden until his death in 1850, being buried in the central avenue of this botanical garden.
Throughout his life thanks to acquisitions and interchanges with other botanists, he assembled a considerable herbarium of 60,000 plants with specimens from North America, South America, Asia, and Africa. After his death this herbarium did not remain in Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
but due to the efforts of George Engelmann
George Engelmann
George Engelmann, also known as Georg Engelmann, was a German-American botanist. He was instrumental in describing the flora of the west of North America, then very poorly-known; he was particularly active in the Rocky Mountains and northern Mexico.-Origins:George Engelmann was born in Frankfurt...
, who, in 1857, shortly after the death of Bernhardi bought the complete herbarium for the amount of 600 dollars for Henry Shaw
Henry Shaw
Henry Shaw may refer to:*Henry Shaw , American botanist and philanthropist*Henry Marchmore Shaw , congressman from North Carolina*Henry Shaw , congressman from Massachusetts...
, founder of the Botanical Garden of Missouri
Missouri Botanical Garden
The Missouri Botanical Garden is a botanical garden located in St. Louis, Missouri. It is also known informally as Shaw's Garden for founder Henry Shaw, a botanist and philanthropist.-History:...
in the U.S.A., forms the nucleus of the collection and the initial museum of this Botanical Garden (at the moment the "Missouri Botanical Garden herbarium" contains over 5 million specimens and the library over 120,000 volumes).
Johann J. Bernhardi studied and described several species of orchids, including Epipactis atrorubens.
He described a species of rose without thorns, Rosa × francofurtana, found in the garden of the house of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe in Weimar
Weimar
Weimar is a city in Germany famous for its cultural heritage. It is located in the federal state of Thuringia , north of the Thüringer Wald, east of Erfurt, and southwest of Halle and Leipzig. Its current population is approximately 65,000. The oldest record of the city dates from the year 899...
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Works
- Catalogus plantarum horti Erfurtensis, 1799.
- Systematisches Verzeichnis der Pflanzen, welche in der Gegend um Erfurt gefunden werden, 1800.
- Anleitung zu Kenntnis der Pflanzen, 1804.
- Beobachtungen über Pflanzengefäße, 1805.
- Ueber den Begriff der Pflanzenart und seine Anwendung, 1835.