Hermann Zabel (22 September 1832,
Neu-Katzow – 26 April 1912,
Gotha) was a German
botanist
Botany, also called , plant biology or phytology, is the science of plant life and a branch of biology. A botanist, plant scientist or phytologist is a scientist who specialises in this field. The term "botany" comes from the Ancient Greek wo ...
who specialized in the field of
dendrology.
From 1854 to 1860 he was employed as an assistant at the botanical garden and museum in
Greifswald. From 1869 to 1895 he was director of the
forestry botanical garden in
Hannoversch Münden. In retirement he took up residence in the city of
Gotha.
[BHL]
Taxonomic literature : a selective guide to botanical publications
The genus ''Zabelia''
( Rehder) Makino
History
Makino was established in 1937 by Tsunezo Makino in Japan, developing Japan's first numerical control, numerically controlled (NC) milling machine in 1958 and Japan's first milling machine, machining centre in 1966.
The North America ...
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 and Rügen
* "Catalogue of the Botanic Garden of the Forest Academy of Munden, Germany", (published in English).
* ''Die Gattung Symphoricarpus'', 1887 – The genus ''Symphoricarpos
''Symphoricarpos'', commonly known as the snowberry, waxberry, or ghostberry, is a small genus of about 15 species of deciduous shrubs in the honeysuckle family, Caprifoliaceae. With the exception of the Chinese coralberry, '' S. sinensis'', wh ...
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* ''Die strauchigen Spiräen der deutschen Gärten'', 1893 – The shrubby '' Spiraea'' of German gardens.
* ''Handbuch der Laubholz-Benenung'', 1903 (with Ludwig Beissner, Ernst Schelle) – Handbook of deciduous tree designation.Google Search
publications
References
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1832 births
1912 deaths
German foresters
19th-century German botanists
Dendrologists
People from Vorpommern-Greifswald