Maximilian Leichtlin (20 October 1831,
Karlsruhe – 3 September 1910,
Baden-Baden) was a German
horticulturalist.
From 1846 he worked as a gardener at several sites in Europe, then spent several years engaged in travels. After returning from
South America in 1856, he worked for two years at the
Van Houtte nursery in
Ghent. He then spent the next sixteen years working with his brothers in a paper manufacturing business. Afterwards, he relocated to
Baden-Baden, where he founded a
botanical garden. He specialized in the cultivation and propagation of
bulbous plants
Bulb or Bulbs may refer to:
Common uses
* Bulb, a food-storage structure within some plants
** Ornamental bulb, a kind of perennial plant
* Light bulb, an electric lamp
Maritime
* Bulb keel, a type of keel
* Bulbous bow, a part that sticks ou ...
(
lilies,
tulips,
irises and
alliums).
Botanical taxa with the specific epithet of ''leichtlinii'' commemorate his name, two examples being, ''
Camassia leichtlinii
''Camassia leichtlinii'', the great camas or large camas, is a species of flowering plant in the family Asparagaceae. This herbaceous perennial is native to western North America in British Columbia, Canada and California, Nevada, Oregon and Wa ...
'' (great
camas) and ''
Calochortus leichtlinii
''Calochortus leichtlinii'' is a species of flowering plant in the lily family known by the common names Leichtlin's mariposa, smokey mariposa, and mariposa lily.
The plant is native to the Sierra Nevada and Modoc Plateau of California and adja ...
'' (Leichtlin's
mariposa).
Associated writings
* ''Pflanzen-Sammlung des Leichtlin'schen Gartens in Baden-Baden'' (1873 –).
* "The plantsman of Baden : Maximilian Leichtlin 1831-1910", by Audrey Le Lievre.
OCLC WorldCat
The plantsman of Baden : Maximilian Leichtlin 1831-1910
References
External links
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1831 births
1910 deaths
German gardeners
German horticulturists
Scientists from Karlsruhe