Christian Julius Wilhelm Schiede (February 3, 1798 – December 1836) was a German physician and botanist who was born in Kassel

Kassel

Kassel is a town located on the Fulda River in northern Hesse, Germany. It is the administrative seat of the Kassel Regierungsbezirk and the Kreis of the same name and has approximately 195,000 inhabitants.- History :...

. He studied natural sciences and medicine in Berlin

Berlin

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 and Göttingen

Göttingen

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, where he earned his doctorate in 1825. Afterwards he practiced medicine in Kassel.

In 1828 Schiede emigrated to Mexico, accompanied by naturalist

Naturalist

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 Ferdinand Deppe

Ferdinand Deppe

Ferdinand Deppe was a German naturalist, explorer and painter. He was the younger brother of Wilhelm Deppe.Deppe travelled to Mexico in 1824. He collected natural history specimens for the Berlin Museum with Count von Sack and William Bullock...

 (1794-1861), who had previous experience in the country. The two scientists planned to collect zoological and botanical specimens, which would then be sold to museums and dealers in Europe. In July 1828 they settled in Jalapa, and performed scientific excursions throughout the state of Veracruz

Veracruz

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. Although they were able sell their collections to museums in Berlin and Vienna

Vienna

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, the money earned was insufficient to continue operations, and Deppe and Schiede abandoned their enterprise in late 1830. Christian Schiede died in Mexico in 1836 at the age of 38.

The botanical genera

Genera

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 Schiedeella and Schiedea

Schiedea

Schiedea is a genus of flowering plants in the pink family, Caryophyllaceae. It contains 34 species :*S. adamantis St. John - Diamond Head Schiedea *S. amplexicaulis H. Mann*S. apokremnos St. John...

are named after him.

Publications

• Schiede, C. J. W. De plantis hybridis sponte natis (1825) on BioLib
• Bibliography on World.Cat