German-American botanist and mycologist (1780–1834)
"Schwein." redirects here. For the German music group, see Schwein.
Lewis David de Schweinitz
Frontispiece from A Memoir of the Late Lewis David von Schweinitz, P.D. by Walter Rogers Johnson (1835)
Born
(1780-02-13)13 February 1780
Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Died
8 February 1834(1834-02-08) (aged 53)
Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
Nationality
German-American
Scientific career
Fields
Botany, mycology
Author abbrev. (botany)
Schwein.
Lewis David de Schweinitz (13 February 1780 – 8 February 1834) was a German-American botanist and mycologist from Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. Considered the "Father of North American Mycology,"[1] he also made significant contributions to botany.
^Stuckey, R.L. (1979). Type specimens of flowering plants from Eastern North America in the Herbarium of Lewis David von Schweinitz. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phil.131:9-51.
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