> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 780](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33069022) of TL-2 Vol. II > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/5381-1) LSID 5381-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6167484) QID Q6167484 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Lechler, Wilibald (1814-1856), German pharmacist, botanist and explorer; studied pharmacy at Reutlingen; pharmaceutical assistant at Augsburg, Genève, Vevey, Basel (1831-1836); pharmacist at Stuttgart (1839-1849); to Chile 1850-1855; Dr. sc. nat. Tubingen 1856; died at sea near Ecuador on his return to Peru where he had accepted a position as physician at Arequiba. **Abbreviated name**: *Lechl.* \[standard form in IPNI: *Lechl.*\] #### Herbarium and types [[Collection MB|MB]]. – Further material at [[Collection E|E]], [[Collection G|G]], [[Collection GFW|GFW]], [[Collection H|H]], [[Collection LE|LE]], [[Collection LZ|LZ]] (destroyed), [[Collection P|P]], [[Collection TCD|TCD]], [[Collection TUB|TUB]], [[Collection W|W]], [[Collection Z|Z]]. *Exsiccatae*: (1) *Plantae chilenses* (col. 1850-1853), sets see IH. - (2) *Plantae insularum maclovianarum* 1853, ed. R. F. Hohenacker, plants from the Falkland Islands (Iles Malouines, after the French town St. Malo, classical name Maclovium), sets see IH. ('3) *Plantae magellanicae* (col. 1850-1853), sets see IH. - (4) *Plantae peruvianae*, ed. R. F. Hohenacker (col. 1850-1853), sets see IH. *Ref*.: Schlechtendal, D. F. L. v., Bot. Zeit. 16: 19. 1858, Bull. Soc. bot. France 4: 848. 1858. - Candolle, A. de, Phytographie 426. 1880. - Sayre, Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 19(1): 32-33. 1969, 19(3): 356-357. 1975. - Ludwig, Hess. florist. Briefe 16: 13-16. 1967 (herb. at MB via Wigand). - Künkele, S. und Seybold, S., Jahresh. Ges. Naturk. Württemberg 125: 153. 1970. #### Bibliography and biography AG 12(2): 633; Barnhart 2: 357; BM 3: 1074; CSP 3: 913; GR p. 104; Hortus 3: 1198 ("Lechl."); IH 2: 421; Kew 3: 392; PR 5117-5118 led. 1: 5620); Rehder 5: 496; TL-2/1: 2178; Tucker 1: 417; Urban-Berl. p. 288, 305, 320, 368. - Anon., Bot. Not. 1858: 14; Bot. Zeit. 14: 743-744. 1856, 15: 856. 1857, 16: 19, 62-64. 1858; Flora 39: 624. 1856, 40: 736 ("732"). 1857. - Baur, Jahrb. Gesch. oberdeut. Reichsst. 16: 264. 1970 (Lechler married Steudel's second daughter, Sophie). - Herrera, F. L., Est. Fl. dept. Cuzco 9. 1930. - Krauss, Jahresh. Ver. vaterl. Naturk. Württemberg 14: 31-36. 1858. - Lehmann, E., Schwäbische Apotheker 42-43, 91, 95, 96 (portr.), 97, 98, 110-113, 199. 1951. - Metzger, Jahresber. Württ. Ver. Handelsgeogr. 7/8: 135-136. 1890 (refers also to a description of his travels in the journal Ausland 1856, 1857, not seen by us). - Reiche, K., Grundz. Pflanzenverbr. Chile 17. 1907 (Veg. Erde vol. 8). - Schlechtendal, D. F. L. von, Bot. Zeit. 16(2): 19. 1858 (on Lechler's herbarium). - Turrill, W B., Bull. misc. Inf. Kew 1920: 61. - Weberbauer, A., Pflanzenwelt peruan. Anden 15. 1911 (Veg. Erde 12). - Z., Schwäbische Kronik, no. 8, Samstag 10 Jan 1857, Blatt 1 (copy provided by S. Seybold). #### Eponymy *Lechleria* R. A. Philippi (1858); *Relchela* Steudel (1854, anagram of *Lechlera* Miquel ex Steudel (1854), an invalidly published name). ### Publications ##### n.4270. Supplement zur Flora von Württemberg **Title** *Supplement zur Flora von Württemberg*... Stuttgart 1844 (E. Schweizerbart'sche Verlagshandlung) 1844. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Suppl. Fl. Wurttemberg*. **Notes** *Publ*.: Jan-Mai 1844 (rd. Regensburg Jun 1844), p. \[1\]-72. *Copy*: NY. Supplement to Schübler und Martens, *Flora von Württemberg*. *Ref*.: H. M., Bot. Zeit. 2: 729. 18 Oct 1844. ##### n.4271. Berberides Americae australis **Title** *Berberides Americae australis*... Accedit enumeratio plantarum, quas in America australi auctor detexit. Stuttgartiae (Sumptibus librariae E. Schweizerbart) 1857. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Berberid. Amer. austral.* **Notes** *Publ*.: 1857, sero (p. \[3\]: Dec 1856), p. \[1\]-59. *Copies*: MO, US. – Published by G. Zeller, the "Finanzrath" who wound up Lechler's estate. – Contains a note on the narcotic qualities of *Berberis buxifolia*, a 19th century S. American equivalent of the late 20th century *Cannabis*. *Ref*.: Schlechtendal, D. F. L. von, Bot. Zeit. 16: 72. 26 Feb 1858. - Anon., Flora 41: 64. 28 Jan 1858; Bull. Soc. bot. France 4: 829-831. 1858.