Bernhard Auerswald (March 19, 1818 – June 30, 1870) was a

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and professor from

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. He participated as chief correspondent of botany, sending specimens that his colleague

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collected and sent to him from his expeditions.

Published works

* ''Botanische Unterhaltungen zum Verständniss der heimathlichen Flora''. Leipzig: H. Mendelssohn, 1858 * ''Anleitung zum rationellen Botanisiren''. Leipzig: Veit & Comp., 1860 * ''Unsere Heimats-Kräuter als Hausmittel: Eine ausführliche Beschreibung aller heilwirkenden Pflanzen und Kräuter deren Fundort, praktische Verwendung und Verwertung in den verschiedensten Krankheitsfällen des menschlichen Lebens. Nach den neuesten und besten Quellen bearbeitet''. Dresden 1860 * ''Pyrenomycetes novi ex herbario Heufleriano''. Wien: C. Ueberreuter, 1868 * ''Pyrenomycetum aliquot novae species tirolenses''. 1868 * ''Synopsis Pyrenomycetum europaeorum''. Dresden: Heinrich 1869 The abbreviation ''Auersw''. is used when

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Auerswald as the author in scientific classification of vegetables.Bernhard Auerswald "International Plant Names Index (PII)", Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Herbarium of Harvard University and National Herbarium Australiano (eds.), http://www.ipni.org/ipni/authorsearch?id=31082-1&query_type=by_id&output_format=object_view

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Auerswald, Bernhard 19th-century German botanists German mycologists 1818 births 1870 deaths Scientists from Leipzig People from the Kingdom of Saxony