Hermann Zabel (22 September 1832, Neu-Katzow – 26 April 1912,

Gotha Gotha () is the fifth-largest city in Thuringia, Germany, west of Erfurt and east of Eisenach with a population of 44,000. The city is the capital of the district of Gotha and was also a residence of the Ernestine Wettins from 1640 until the ...

) was a German

botanist Botany, also called plant science, is the branch of natural science and biology studying plants, especially Plant anatomy, their anatomy, Plant taxonomy, taxonomy, and Plant ecology, ecology. A botanist or plant scientist is a scientist who s ...

who specialized in the field of

dendrology Dendrology (, ''dendron'', "tree"; and , ''-logia'', ''science of'' or ''study of'') or xylology (, ''ksulon'', "wood") is the science and study of woody plants (trees, shrubs, and lianas), specifically, their taxonomic classifications. There ...

. From 1854 to 1860 he was employed as an assistant at the botanical garden and museum in

Greifswald Greifswald (), officially the University and Hanseatic City of Greifswald (, Low German: ''Griepswoold'') is the fourth-largest city in the German state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania after Rostock, Schwerin and Neubrandenburg. In 2021 it surpa ...

. From 1869 to 1895 he was director of the

forestry Forestry is the science and craft of creating, managing, planting, using, conserving and repairing forests and woodlands for associated resources for human and Natural environment, environmental benefits. Forestry is practiced in plantations and ...

botanical garden in Hannoversch Münden. In retirement he took up residence in the city of

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Taxonomic literature : a selective guide to botanical publications The genus ''Zabelia'' ( Rehder) Makino is named in his honor, as are taxa with the specific epithets of ''zabeliana'' and ''zabelii''.

Published works

* ''Übersicht der Flora von Neuvorpommern und Rügen'', 1859 – Survey on the flora of

Neuvorpommern New Western Pomerania or New Hither Pomerania ( or ''Neu-Vorpommern'') was the part of Western Pomerania that passed to Kingdom of Prussia, Prussia from Sweden under the terms of the Congress of Vienna in 1815. The territory of New Western Pomera ...

and

Rügen Rügen (; Rani: ''Rȯjana'', ''Rāna''; , ) is Germany's largest island. It is located off the Pomeranian coast in the Baltic Sea and belongs to the state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania. The "gateway" to Rügen island is the Hanseatic ci ...

* "Catalogue of the Botanic Garden of the Forest Academy of Munden, Germany", (published in English). * ''Die Gattung Symphoricarpus'', 1887 – The genus '' Symphoricarpos''. * ''Die strauchigen Spiräen der deutschen Gärten'', 1893 – The shrubby ''

Spiraea ''Spiraea'' , sometimes spelled spirea in common names, and commonly known as meadowsweets or steeplebushes, is a genus of about 80 to 100 species

'' of German gardens. * ''Handbuch der Laubholz-Benenung'', 1903 (with Ludwig Beissner, Ernst Schelle) – Handbook of deciduous tree designation.Google Search
publications

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Zabel, Hermann 1832 births 1912 deaths German foresters 19th-century German botanists Dendrologists People from Vorpommern-Greifswald