Gustav Schübler (15 August 1787 – 8 September 1834) was a German

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, and the founder of applied

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in Germany. In 1817 Schübler became professor of

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natural history Natural history is a domain of inquiry involving organisms, including animals, fungi, and plants, in their natural environment, leaning more towards observational than experimental methods of study. A person who studies natural history is cal ...

and

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at the

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, Germany. He worked in identifying and classifying new species, many with his colleague

Georg Matthias von Martens George Matthias von Martens (12 June 1788, Venice – 24 February 1872, Stuttgart) was a German lawyer, botanist and phycologist. He was the father of zoologist Eduard von Martens (1831-1904). He studied law at the University of Tübingen, where h ...

(1788–1872).

Selected works

* ''Grundsätze der Meteorologie in näherer Beziehung auf Deutschland's Klima'', 1831 – Principles of meteorology as it applies to Germany's climate. * ''Untersuchungen über die Vertheilung der Farben und Geruchsverhältnisse in der Familie der Rubiaceen'', 1831 – Studies on the distribution of color and odor conditions in the family

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. * ''Untersuchungen über die Farbenveränderungen der Blüthen'', 1833 – Studies on the changes of color in flowers. * ''Flora von Württemberg'', 1834 (with Georg Matthias von Martens) – Flora of

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External links

Plants with abbreviation Schübl.
at ''The International Plant Names Index''.
List of publications by Gustav Schübler
on ''Google books''.
ADB:Schübler, Gustav
@

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Schubler, Gustav 1787 births 1834 deaths 19th-century German botanists German naturalists German meteorologists People from Heilbronn Academic staff of the University of Tübingen