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### Author
Lachenal, Werner de (1736-1800), Swiss botanist; Dr. med. Basel 1759; professor of anatomy and botany at Basel (1776-1800)
**Abbreviated name**: *Lachen.* \[standard form in IPNI: *Lachen.*\]
#### Herbarium and types
[[Collection BAS|BAS]]; some other material at [[Collection BM|BM]], [[Collection LIV|LIV]].
*Ref*.: Binz, A., Verh. naturf. Ges. Basel 19(3): 148-150. 1908.
#### Bibliography and biography
Backer p. 310; Barnhart 2: 332; BM 3: 1042 (Wernerus de LaChenal); Dryander3: 80, 151, 5: 313; IH 1(ed. 6): 361, 2: 402; PR 4968-4969; Rehder 5: 481; Tucker 1: 406.
- Christ, H., Verh. naturf. Ges. Basel 29: 1-59. 1918 (corr. with Haller).
- Kirschleger, F., Fl. Alsace 2: xlii. 1857.
#### Eponymy
*Lachenalia* J.F. \[sic\] Jacquin (1780-1784).
### Publications
##### n.4076. Specimen inaugurale observationum botanicarum
**Title**
D.B. *Specimen inaugurale observationum botanicarum*, quod gratiosae facultatis medicae gradum legitime consequendi Publice defendet Wernerus de La Chenal ad diem \[30\] martii mdcclix. h.l.q.s. Basiliae \[Basel\] (Typis Joh. Henr. Deckeri, Acad. Typogr.) s.d. \[1759\]. Qu.
**Abbreviated title**: *Spec. observ. bot.*
**Notes**
*Publ*.: 30 Mar 1759, p. \[i-ii\], \[1\]-16. *Copies*: M, NY.
##### n.4077. Observationes botanico-medicae
**Title**
D.B. *Observationes botanico-medicae* quas ex decreto amplissimi senatus academici occasione vacantis cathedrae anatomico-botanicae clarissimorum competitorum Publico examini submittit Wernerus de La Chenal ph. et med. doctor. Respondente juvene florentissimo Daniele Wolleb a.l.m. et med. stud. ad diem 26. Novemb. mdcclxxvi, H. L.Q.S. Basiliae \[Basel\] (Typis, Joh. Rudolphi Im-Hof et Filii) \[1776\]. Qu.
**Abbreviated title**: *Observ. bot.-med.*
**Notes**
*Publ*.: 26 Nov 1776, p. \[1\]-16, *1 pl*. (uncol. copper engr.) *Copies*: G, MO, NY.
*Reprinted*: In Usteri, P., Delectus opusc. bot. 1, no. 4. 1790.