Julius Léopold Eduard Avé-Lallemant
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Julius Léopold Eduard Avé-Lallemant (July 4, 1803 – May 17, 1867) was a German botanist who was a native of Lübeck
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From 1838 to 1855 he performed his scientific work in St. Petersburg. Botanists Friedrich Ernst Ludwig von Fischer
(1782–1854) and Carl Anton von Meyer
(1795–1855) named the plant genus Lallemantia
from the family Lamiaceae
in his honor. Avé-Lallemant was the author of De plantis quibusdam Italiae borealis et Germaniae australis rarioribus (1829).He was also an entomologist.
Lübeck
The Hanseatic City of Lübeck is the second-largest city in Schleswig-Holstein, in northern Germany, and one of the major ports of Germany. It was for several centuries the "capital" of the Hanseatic League and, because of its Brick Gothic architectural heritage, is listed by UNESCO as a World...
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From 1838 to 1855 he performed his scientific work in St. Petersburg. Botanists Friedrich Ernst Ludwig von Fischer
Friedrich Ernst Ludwig von Fischer
Friedrich Ernst Ludwig Fischer was a Russian botanist, born in Germany. He was director of the St Petersburg botanical garden from 1823 to 1850....
(1782–1854) and Carl Anton von Meyer
Carl Anton von Meyer
Carl Anton Andreevic von Meyer was a Russian botanist and explorer.Meyer took part in expeditions, including one to the Altay Mountains with Karl Friedrich von Ledebour and Alexander G. von Bunge in 1826-27. He was the director of the botanical gardens at Saint Petersburg from 1850 to 1855.-...
(1795–1855) named the plant genus Lallemantia
Lallemantia
Lallemantia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Lamiaceae. It is named after the German botanist Julius Léopold Eduard Avé-Lallemant....
from the family Lamiaceae
Lamiaceae
The mints, taxonomically known as Lamiaceae or Labiatae, are a family of flowering plants. They have traditionally been considered closely related to Verbenaceae, but in the 1990s, phylogenetic studies suggested that many genera classified in Verbenaceae belong instead in Lamiaceae...
in his honor. Avé-Lallemant was the author of De plantis quibusdam Italiae borealis et Germaniae australis rarioribus (1829).He was also an entomologist.