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### Author
Wydler, Heinrich (1800-1883), Swiss botanist; studied medicine and natural sciences in Zürich and Göttingen; sometime teacher at a private school; travelled in the West Indies at the request of A.P. de Candolle 1827; adjunct at the St. Petersburg botanical garden 1828-1830; curator of the de Candolle herbarium 1830-1834; Dr. med. h.c. Basel 1933; high school teacher at Bern 1834, also e.o. prof. botany Bern 1835-1839, 1842-1853, 1857-1874; from 1853 living as private scientist at Bern and Strasbourg.
**Abbreviated name**: *Wydl.* \[standard form in IPNI: *Wydler*\]
#### Herbarium and types
[[Collection G|G]]-DC. – Other material in [[Collection B|B]] (mainly destr.), [[Collection BR|BR]], [[Collection DPU|DPU]], [[Collection E|E]], [[Collection FI|FI]], [[Collection G|G]], [[Collection H|H]]-Stev. (1 specimen), [[Collection L|L]], [[Collection LZ|LZ]] (destr.), [[Collection NCY|NCY]], [[Collection NY|NY]], [[Collection OXF|OXF]], [[Collection P|P]], [[Collection W|W]]. – *Letters* at [[Collection G|G]] (e.g. A.P. de Candolle), [[Collection HAL|HAL]] (D.F.L. von Schlechtendal), [[Collection UPS|UPS]]-UB. – For letters (26) to Th. Irmisch see Müllerott 1980. – *Manuscripts and drawings*: left by W. to A.W. Eichler at Berlin (now destr.), see Bot. Centralbl. 18: 54. 1884.
#### Bibliography and biography
ADB 44: 392-393; Backer p. 630; Barnhart 3: 526 (b. 24 Apr 1800, d. 6 Dec 1883); BFM 2443; Biol.-Dokum. 19: 10219-10222; BM 5: 2369; Bossert p. 444; Clokie p. 268; CSP 6: 459-460, 8: 1284, 11: 865, 19: 733; Futak-Domin p. 664; Hegi 5(2): 1032; Hortus 3: 1207; Jackson p. 143; Lasègue p. 268, 306, 505; Moebius p. 240; PR 10427, ed. 1: 11379-11380; Rehder 5: 935; SO 289a; Tucker 1: 755; Urban-Berl. p. 412; Zander ed. 10, p. 734, ed. 11, p. 838.
#### Biofile
- Anon., Bonplandia 4: 59-60. 1856; Bot. Centralbl. 18: 54. 1884 (left his botanical mss. and drawings to A.W. Eichler); Bot. Zeit. 41: 874. 1883 (d.).
- Attinger, V. et al., eds., Dict. hist. biogr. Suisse 7: 390. 1933.
- Briquet, J., Bull. Soc. bot. Genève 50a: 475-483. 1940 (biogr., main bibl., epon.).
- Burdet, H.M., Candollea 34: 211-212. 1979.
- Candolle, A.P. de, Mém. souvenirs 332, 337. 1862.
- Fischer, Ed., Verh. Schweiz. Naturf. Ges. 1914(2): 22-23; Mitt. naturf. Ges. Bern 1934: xxix. 1935.
- Ilg, W., Hoppea 42: 36, 186, 216, 224, 348. 1984 (relations with Regensb. bot. Ges.).
- Kanitz, A., Magy. Növ. Lap. 8: 30-32. 1884 (obit., bibl.).
- Mägdefrau, K., Gesch. Bot. 274. 1973.
- Müller, R.H.W. & R. Zaunick, Friedr. Traug. Kützing 212, 299. 1960.
- Müllerott, M., Hoppea 39: 62. 1980 (on copies of 26 letters to Th. Irmisch, 1851-1879).
- Sachs, J., Gesch. Bot. 178. 1875; Hist. bot. 174. 1892.
- Schoute, J.C., Rec. Trav. bot. néerl. 31: 1-26, *pl. I.* 1934 (biogr. sketch, evaluation of publ., list publ., index to genera treated).
- Urban, I., Symb. ant. 1: 179. 1898, 3: 146. 1902.
- Wydler, H., Bot. Zeit. 42: 282-287. 1884 (autobiogr., list publ.). Verh. schweiz. naturf. Ges. Luzern 67: 133-147. 1884 (id.).
#### Handwriting
Candollea 34: 211-212. 1979; Webbia 32: 40. 1977.
#### Eponymy
*Wydleria* A.P. de Candolle (1829).
### Publications
##### n.18.390. Essai monographique sur le genre Scrofularia
**Title**
*Essai monographique sur le genre Scrofularia*,... Genève (Librairie de Barbezat et Delarne,...) Paris (...) 1828. Qu.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: 1828 (Flora rd. Jan-Feb 1829), p. \[i-iii\], \[1\]-50 *pl. 1-5* (uncol. copp. Heyland).
*Copies*: B, FI, G(3), HH, MO, WU; IDC 5178. – Reprinted and to be cited from Mém. Soc. Phys. Hist. nat. Genève 4: 121-170. 1828.
##### n.18.391. Recherches sur la formation de l'ovule et de l'embryon des Scrofulaires
**Title**
*Recherches sur la formation de l'ovule et de l'embryon des Scrofulaires*,... Tiré de la Bibliothèque universelle de Genève... 1838. Oct.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: Oct 1838, p. \[1\]-15, *1 pl*. (uncol. lith. Heyland). *Copies*: FI, G, M. – Reprinted and to be cited from Bibl. univ. Genève 17: 334-348. 1838.
##### n.18.392. Ueber dichotome Verzweigung der Blüthenaxen
**Title**
*Ueber dichotome Verzweigung der Blüthenaxen* dicotyledonischer Gewächse... Halle (Druck der Gebauerschen Buchdruckerei) 1843. Oct.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: Aug-Oct 1843 (in journal), p. \[i\], \[1\]-40, *2 pl*. (uncol. liths.). *Copies*: G, M. – Reprinted and to be cited from Linnaea 17: 153-192. 1843.
*Addenda*: Feb-Apr 1844, in Linnaea 17: 408-409. 1844.
##### n.18.393. Ein Beitrag zur Kentniss der Gras-Infloreszenz
**Title**
*Ein Beitrag zur Kentniss der Gras-Infloreszenz*... \[Z. Wiss. Bot.... 1846\]. Oct.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: 1846 (p. 21: 21 Nov 1845), p. \[1\]-21, *pl. 1-2. Copy*: B. – Reprinted and to be cited from Z. wiss. Bot. 3-4: 1-20 \[sic\]. 1846.
##### n.18.394. Die Knospenlage der Blätter
**Title**
*Die Knospenlage der Blätter* in übersichtlicher Zusammenstellung mit einer Tafel ... Bern (Gedruckt in der Haller'schen Buchdruckerei) 1850. Oct.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: 1850, p. \[i\], \[145\]-168, *1 pl. Copy*: G. – Reprinted and to be cited from Mitt. Bern naturf. Ges. 185-187: 145-168, *1 pl*. 1850. – See also Flora 34: 113-127. 1851.
##### n.18.395. Über einige Eigenthiimlichkeiten der Gattung Passiflora
**Title**
*Über einige Eigenthiimlichkeiten der Gattung Passiflora*... Bern Mitt. Juni 1852. Oct.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: Jun 1852, p. \[153\]-168. *Copy*: G. – Reprinted and to be cited from Mitt. naturf. Ges. Bern 243-244: \[153\]-168. 1852.
##### n.18.396. Zur Morphologie
**Title**
*Zur Morphologie* hauptsächlich *der dichotomen Blüthenstände*... Separat-Abdruck aus Pringsheim's Jahrbücher f. wiss. Botanik... \[1878\]. Oct.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: 1878, p. \[1\]-67. *Copies*: B, G, M. – Reprinted and to be cited from Jahrb. wiss. Bot. 11(3): 313-379. 1878.