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Henry Ernest Muhlenberg papers

This collection contains scientific letters written to Henry Ernest Muhlenberg (1753-1815). Muhlenberg, a Lutheran pastor and biologist, is considered the first botanist born in America who researched the flora and fauna of his homeland systematically. His work contributed considerably to the advanc...

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Main Author: Muhlenberg, Gotthilf Henrich Ernst 1753-1815. (Compiler (com))
Collection:Henry Ernest Muhlenberg Papers
Collection Number:0443
Format: Manuscript
Language:German
Subjects and Genres:
Acharius, Erik > 1757-1819. > Author (aut)
Baldwin, William > 1779-1819. > Author (aut)
Barton, Benjamin Smith > 1766-1815. > Author (aut)
Bartram, William > 1739-1823. > Author (aut)
Brickell, John > 1749-1809. > Author (aut)
Elliott, Stephen > 1771-1830. > Author (aut)
Hedwig, Johannes > 1730-1799. > Author (aut)
Hoffman, Georg Franz > 1761-1826. > Author (aut)
Michaux, François André > 1770-1855. > Author (aut)
Persoon, C. H. (Christiaan Hendrik) > 1755-1837. > Author (aut)
Pursh, Frederick > 1774-1820. > Author (aut)
Rafinesque, Constantine Samuel > 1783-1840. > Author (aut)
Schoepf, Johann David > 1752-1800. > Author (aut)
Schrader, Heinrich Adolph > 1767-1836. > Author (aut)
Schreber, Johann Christian Daniel > 1739-1810. > Author (aut)
Smith, James Edward > Sir > 1759-1828. > Author (aut)
Sprengel, Kurt Polycarp Joachim > 1766-1833. > Author (aut)
Sturm, Jakob > 1771-1848. > Author (aut)
Swartz, Olof > 1760-1818. > Author (aut)
Willdenow, Karl Ludwig > 1765-1812. > Author (aut)
Botany > Eighteenth Century.
Botany > Nomenclature.
Naturalists > United States > Correspondence.
Numerical taxonomy.
Letters.
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Physical Description: 0.4 Linear feet ; 1 box [15 folders]
Access: The collection is open for research.
Summary: This collection contains scientific letters written to Henry Ernest Muhlenberg (1753-1815). Muhlenberg, a Lutheran pastor and biologist, is considered the first botanist born in America who researched the flora and fauna of his homeland systematically. His work contributed considerably to the advancement of natural science around 1800. Some new descriptions and assignations of North American plants based on the system of Carl von Linné (also known as Carl Linnaeus, 1707-1778) go back to Muhlenberg. He discovered a type of grass of the subfamily of Chloridoideae common in Mexico and the south west of the United States, which after his discovery was named “the Muhlenbergia.” Various types of plants bear the type-epitheton “Muhlenbergii” to honor Henry Ernest Muhlenberg. He also discovered and identified the bog turtle, which got the epitheton “glyptemys muhlenbergii.” The German botanist Carl Ludwig Willdenow (1765-1812) honored Muhlenberg by naming a genus of grasses “Muhlenbergia.” Also, an American botanical magazine published between 1900 and 1915 was entitled “Muhlenbergia.” His correspondence with various distinguished European and American naturalists was an important aspect of his botanical research. This collection contains only letters addressed to Muhlenberg.

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