Michael Rohde (botanist)
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Michael Rohde is a German botanist. He was born on 25 July 1782 in Bremen
, and died there on 28 May 1812.
The plant genus Rohdea
is named after Michael Rohde.
Bremen
The City Municipality of Bremen is a Hanseatic city in northwestern Germany. A commercial and industrial city with a major port on the river Weser, Bremen is part of the Bremen-Oldenburg metropolitan area . Bremen is the second most populous city in North Germany and tenth in Germany.Bremen is...
, and died there on 28 May 1812.
The plant genus Rohdea
Rohdea
Rohdea japonica, the sole species in the genus Rohdea, is a flowering plant, native to eastern Asia from southwestern China to Japan. Common names include Nippon Lily, Sacred Lily, and Japanese Sacred Lily; synonyms include Orontium japonicum, Rohdea esquirolii, and Rohdea sinensis...
is named after Michael Rohde.
Source
- John Hendley Barnhart (1965). Biographical Notes upon Botanists. G.K. Hall & Co. (Boston).