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### Author
Schlechtendal, Diederich Friedrich Carl von (1767-1842), German (Kleve/Prussian) botanist; father of D.F.L. von Schlechtendal; judicial magistrate at Kleve until 1798; "Stadtgerichtsdirector" (municipal judiciary) in Berlin 1798-1814; subsequently in charge of the law courts at Minden, and, ultimately, Oberlandesgerichts-Präsident at Paderborn; Dr. phil. h.c. Berlin 1838.
**Abbreviated name**: *D.F.C. Schlechtend.* \[standard form in IPNI: *D.F.K.Schltdl.*\]
#### Herbarium and types
Unknown; possibly in the herbarium of his son D.F.L. von Schlechtendal, q.v.
#### Bibliography and biography
AG 6(1): 523; Barnhart 3: 228 (b. 24 Sep 1767, d. 22 Feb 1842); PR alph., 10285, ed. 1: 11264.
#### Biofile
- Anon., Flora 21: 143. 1838 (jubilee), 25: 256. 1842 (d.).
- Schlechtendal, D.F.L. von, Linnaea 16(6): 513-522. 1842 (obit.).
- Schmid, G., Chamisso als Naturforscher 18, 172. 1942.
- Schubert, G., Leben Werk Schlechtendal 6-7. 1964.
- Stafleu, F.A., Miquel-Schlechtendal corr., Regn. veg. 71: 297, 303. 1970.
#### Eponymy
*Schlechtendalia* Willdenow (1803, *nom. rej.*); *Schlechtendalia* K.P.J. Sprengel. (1827).