Caspar Georg Carl Reinwardt
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Caspar Georg Carl Reinwardt (1773- 6 March 1854, aged 80) was a Prussian-born Dutch
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...

 botanist.

Reinwardt was the founder and first director of agriculture of the botanic garden
Bogor Botanical Gardens
The Bogor Botanical Gardens are located 60 km south of the capital of Jakarta in Bogor, Indonesia. The botanical gardens are situated in the city center of Bogor and adjoin the Istana Bogor...

 at Bogor
Bogor
Bogor is a city on the island of Java in the West Java province of Indonesia. The city is located in the center of the Bogor Regency , 60 kilometers south of the Indonesian capital Jakarta...

 (Buitenzorg) in Java. He was Professor of natural philosophy at the University of Leiden from 1823 to 1845.

The botanical journal Reinwardtia (ISSN 0034-365X) from Bogor Botanical Gardens
Bogor Botanical Gardens
The Bogor Botanical Gardens are located 60 km south of the capital of Jakarta in Bogor, Indonesia. The botanical gardens are situated in the city center of Bogor and adjoin the Istana Bogor...

, Indonesia
Indonesia
Indonesia , officially the Republic of Indonesia , is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania. Indonesia is an archipelago comprising approximately 13,000 islands. It has 33 provinces with over 238 million people, and is the world's fourth most populous country. Indonesia is a republic, with an...

 were named in his honour.

The Reinwardt Academy, the faculty of museology
Museology
Museology is the diachronic study of museums and how they have established and developed in their role as an educational mechanism under social and political pressures.-Overview:...

 and cultural heritage
Cultural heritage
Cultural heritage is the legacy of physical artifacts and intangible attributes of a group or society that are inherited from past generations, maintained in the present and bestowed for the benefit of future generations...

 of the Amsterdam School for the Arts
Amsterdamse Hogeschool voor de Kunsten
The Amsterdam School of the Arts is a Dutch vocational university of arts located in Amsterdam.The university consists of:* Academy of Fine Art in Education* Academy of Architecture* Conservatorium van Amsterdam - a music academy...

 was also named after Reinwardt.

Eponymous species

Some of the species named in honor him are listed below:
  • Reinwardtia, genus of plant in the Linaceae
    Linaceae
    The Linaceae is a family of flowering plants. The family is cosmopolitan, and includes approximately 250 species. There are 14 genera, classified into two subfamilies: Linoideae and Hugonioideae ....

     family.
  • Reinwardtoena
    Reinwardtoena
    Reinwardtoena is a small genus of doves. It includes 3 species.* Great Cuckoo-Dove, Reinwardtoena reinwardtii* Pied Cuckoo-Dove, Reinwardtoena browni* Crested Cuckoo-Dove, Reinwardtoena crassirostris...

    , genus of bird in the Columbidae family.
    • Great Cuckoo-dove
      Great Cuckoo-dove
      The Great Cuckoo-Dove is a species of bird in the Columbidae family.It is endemic to Indonesia.The cuckoo-dove makes its nest in rock gorges near waterfalls, and their calls are the two-part wok-wu, heard above the sounds of the water...

      , Reinwardtoena reinwardtsi, a species of bird in the Columbidae family. It is endemic to Indonesia
      Indonesia
      Indonesia , officially the Republic of Indonesia , is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania. Indonesia is an archipelago comprising approximately 13,000 islands. It has 33 provinces with over 238 million people, and is the world's fourth most populous country. Indonesia is a republic, with an...

      .
  • Javan Trogon
    Javan Trogon
    The Javan Trogon is a species of bird in the Trogonidae family. The species was once lumped together with the Sumatran Trogon in a single species, the Blue-tailed Trogon, but differences in size, weight and plumage have led to the two being split...

    , Apalharpactes reinwardtii, bird in Trogonidae family.
  • Rhacophorus reinwardtii, a flying frog
    Flying frog
    A "flying" frog is a frog that has the ability to glide. That is, it can descend at an angle of less than 45° relative to the horizontal. Arboreal frogs can also descend vertically, but only at angles greater than 45°, which is referred to as parachuting...

     from Indonesia
    Indonesia
    Indonesia , officially the Republic of Indonesia , is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania. Indonesia is an archipelago comprising approximately 13,000 islands. It has 33 provinces with over 238 million people, and is the world's fourth most populous country. Indonesia is a republic, with an...

    .
  • Blackcap Babbler
    Blackcap Babbler
    The Blackcap Babbler, Turdoides reinwardtii, is an Old World babbler. The Old World babblers are a large family of Old World passerine birds characterised by soft fluffy plumage. These are birds of tropical areas, with the greatest variety in southeast Asia.The Blackcap Babbler is a common resident...

    , Turdoides reinwardtii, an Old World babbler
    Old World babbler
    The Old World babblers or timaliids are a large family of mostly Old World passerine birds. They are rather diverse in size and coloration, but are characterised by soft fluffy plumage. These are birds of tropical areas, with the greatest variety in Southeast Asia and the Indian Subcontinent...

    .
  • Orange-footed Scrubfowl
    Orange-footed Scrubfowl
    The Orange-footed Scrubfowl, Megapodius reinwardt, is a small megapode of the family Megapodiidae.This species comprises five subspecies found on many islands in Wallacea as well as southern New Guinea and northern Australia. It is a terrestrial bird the size of a domestic chicken and dark-coloured...

    , Megapodius reinwardt, a megapode.
  • Farancia abacura reinwardti, Western mud snake, from the United States
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