Heinrich Moritz Willkomm

Heinrich Moritz Willkomm

Heinrich Moritz Willkomm (29 June 1821, Herwigsdorf – 26 August 1895, Schloss Wartenberg in Wartenberg am Rollberg, Bohemia) was a German botanist who served as a professor of botany at Tharandt, the University of Dorpat and at the University of Prague. He travelled widely across Spain and Portugal and became a specialist on the flora of the Iberian region. The standard author abbreviation Willk. is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.[1]

  1. ^ International Plant Names Index.  Willk.

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