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Albrecht Wilhelm Roth

Albrecht Wilhelm Roth
Born(1757-01-06)January 6, 1757
Dötlingen, Kingdom of Prussia, Holy Roman Empire
DiedOctober 16, 1834(1834-10-16) (aged 77)
Bremen-Vegesack, Kingdom of Prussia
NationalityGerman
Alma materMartin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg
University of Erlangen–Nuremberg
Scientific career
FieldsBotany

Albrecht Wilhelm Roth (6 January 1757 – 16 October 1834) was a physician and botanist born in Dötlingen, Germany.

He studied medicine at the Universities of Halle and Erlangen, where he received his doctorate in 1778. After graduation, he practiced medicine in Dötlingen, and shortly afterwards relocated to Bremen-Vegesack. From 1785 to 1787 he issued an exsiccata under the title Herbarium vivum plantarum officinalium nebst einer Anweisung Pflanzen zum medizinischen Gebrauche zu sammeln.[1]

Roth is remembered for his influential scientific publications, particularly in the field of botany. His botanical research and writings came to the attention of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749–1832), who recommended Roth to a position at the botanical institute at the University of Jena.

Two of his better written works were Tentamen florae germanica (a treatise on German flora), and Novae plantarum species praesertim Indiae orientalis (a book of Indian flora). The latter work is primarily based on botanical specimens collected by Moravian missionary Benjamin Heyne (1770–1819).[2][3]

The botanical genus Rothia from the family Fabaceae is named after him.[4]

The Linnaeus Obelisk that commemorates the naturalists Carl von Linné, Albrecht Wilhelm Roth, Albrecht von Haller and Nikolaus Joseph von Jacquin
  1. ^ "Herbarium vivum plantarum officinalium nebst einer Anweisung Pflanzen zum medizinischen Gebrauche zu sammeln: IndExs ExsiccataID=444818432". IndExs – Index of Exsiccatae. Botanische Staatssammlung München. Retrieved 6 September 2024.
  2. ^ "HeyneB". www.nationaalherbarium.nl. Retrieved 8 May 2018.
  3. ^ Plant Science Bulletin June 1976 Archived 2013-01-04 at the Wayback Machine A Publication of the Botanical Society of America, Inc. Volume 22 No. 2
  4. ^ Google Books CRC World Dictionary of Plant Names: Common Names, Scientific Names, Eponyms ... By Umberto Quattrocchi

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