For the American obstetrician and gynecologist, see George Julius Engelmann.
George Engelmann
Born
(1809-02-02)2 February 1809
Frankfurt am Main, Free City of Frankfurt
Died
4 February 1884(1884-02-04) (aged 75)
St. Louis, Missouri, USA
Nationality
German, American
Education
University of Heidelberg, University of Berlin, University of Würzburg
Known for
Study of Phylloxera vastatrix
Spouse
Dorothea Horstmann
Children
George Julius Engelmann
Parents
Julius Bernhardt Engelmann (father)
Julie Antoinette May (mother)
Awards
Member of the American Philosophical Society
Scientific career
Fields
Botany
Thesis
De Antholysi Prodromus
Author abbrev. (botany)
Engelm.
Signature
George Engelmann, also known as Georg Engelmann, (2 February 1809 – 4 February 1884) was a German-American botanist. He was instrumental in describing the flora of the west of North America, then very poorly known to Europeans; he was particularly active in the Rocky Mountains and northern Mexico, one of his constant companions being another German-American, the botanical illustrator Paulus Roetter.
GeorgeEngelmann, also known as Georg Engelmann, (2 February 1809 – 4 February 1884) was a German-American botanist. He was instrumental in describing...
Picea engelmannii, with the common names Engelmann spruce, white spruce, mountain spruce, and silver spruce, is a species of spruce native to western...
Cylindropuntia is a genus of cacti (family Cactaceae), containing species commonly known as chollas (/ˈtʃɔɪəz/), native to northern Mexico and the Southwestern...
Yucca rostrata also called beaked yucca, is a tree-like plant belonging to the genus Yucca. The species is native to Texas, and the Chihuahua and Coahuila...
Agave parryi, known as Parry's agave or mescal agave, is a flowering plant in the family Asparagaceae, subfamily Agavoideae. It is a slow-growing succulent...
Yucca elata is a perennial plant, with common names that include soaptree, soaptree yucca, soapweed, and palmella. It is native to southwestern North America...
formally described in the botanical literature as Yucca brevifolia by GeorgeEngelmann in 1871 as part of the Geological Exploration of the 100th meridian...
commemorates the pioneering American botanist GeorgeEngelmann who discovered the species in 1848. Engelmann first named the species Pinus macrophylla, but...
publishing the name Quercus mühlenbergii, German-American botanist GeorgeEngelmann mistakenly used an umlaut in spelling Muhlenberg's name, even though...
This GeorgeEngelmann bibliography provides an overview of works written by the 19th-century scientist GeorgeEngelmann. They appeared mostly in journals...
Sclerocactus papyracanthus is a species of cactus known by the common names paperspine fishhook cactus, grama grass cactus, paper-spined cactus, and toumeya...
Montezuma quail, and various mammals. Colorado pinyon was described by GeorgeEngelmann in 1848 from collections made near Santa Fe, New Mexico on Alexander...
Nuphar polysepala (the great yellow pond-lily or wokas; syn. Nuphar polysepalum orth. err., Nuphar lutea subsp. polysepala (Engelm.) E.O.Beal) is a species...
Agave utahensis is a species of agave known by the common name Utah agave. Varieties of the species include the Nevada agave and Kaibab agave. It is an...
fire-intolerant species such as subalpine fir (Abies lasiocarpa) and Engelmann spruce (Picea engelmannii). In addition, senescent and blister rust-infected...
George Julius Engelmann (July 2, 1847 – November 16, 1903) was an American obstetrician and gynecologist who was a native of St. Louis. He was the son...
Cochemiea tetrancistra is a species of fishhook cactus known by the common name common fishhook cactus. It is native to the Mojave and Sonoran Deserts...
County, Texas. The first description as Mammillaria fissurata was by GeorgeEngelmann in 1856. Karl Moritz Schumann placed the species in the genus Ariocarpus...
up to 4.8 millimeter.[citation needed] The name was first used by GeorgeEngelmann in 1863, although he did not describe its characters, leaving it to...
even in fully adult plants. The name Coryphantha was first applied by GeorgeEngelmann in 1856 as a subgenus, the earlier name Aulacothele of Lemaire having...
Mammillaria lasiacantha is a species of cactus in the subfamily Cactoideae, with the common names lacespine nipple cactus, small pincushion cactus, and...
2020-3.RLTS.T117422964A117469932.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021. Georg Engelmann. Annual Report of the Missouri Botanical Garden 13: 58–59, pl. 23, f....
United States-Mexican border. This description allowed cactus expert GeorgeEngelmann to formally name it, during his work on the United States and Mexican...
Lespedeza leptostachya is a rare species of flowering plant in the legume family known by the common names prairie lespedeza and prairie bush-clover. It...
Strombocarpa is a genus of flowering plants in the pea family (Fabaceae). It includes ten species, which are native to the southwestern United States and...
Opuntia setispina is a species of cactus found in the Sierra Madre Occidental in Chihuahua, Sonora, and Durango in Mexico. The name O. setispina has been...
Crataegus nitida, the glossy hawthorn or shining hawthorn, is a species of flowering plant in the family Rosaceae, native to the US states of Illinois...
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