Heinrich Schrader (botanist)

{{Short description|German botanist and mycologist (1767–1836)}} thumb|Heinrich Adolf Schrader '''Heinrich Adolf Schrader''' (1 January 1767 in Alfeld near Hildesheim – 22 October 1836 in Göttingen) was a German botanist and mycologist. He studied medicine early in life. He named the Australian plant genus ''Hakea'' in 1797.

In 1795 he received his medical doctorate from the University of Göttingen, where in 1803 he became an associate professor to the medical faculty and director of the botanical garden. In 1809 he attained the title of "full professor" at Göttingen, where he taught classes until his retirement.<ref>[http://de.wikisource.org/wiki/ADB:Schrader,_Heinrich_Adolf ADB:Schrader, Heinrich Adolf]</ref>

Among his better known publications are ''Nova genera plantarum'' (1797) and ''Flora germanica'' (1806).<ref>[http://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-no2010-48952 World Cat Identities] (bibliography)</ref> Schradere issued the exsiccata ''Systematische Sammlung cryptogamischer Gewächse'' (1896–1897).<ref>{{cite web |title=Systematische Sammlung cryptogamischer Gewächse: IndExs ExsiccataID=772381841 |website=IndExs – Index of Exsiccatae |publisher=Botanische Staatssammlung München |url=https://www.botanischestaatssammlung.de/DatabaseClients/IndExs/Exsiccatae_IndExs_Details.jsp?ExsiccataID=772381841 |access-date=7 September 2024}}</ref> The plant genus ''Schraderanthus'' is named in his honour.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.phytologia.org/Phytologia%20PDFs/91(1)pdfFiles/91(1)54-61AveretteSchraderanthus.pdf |title=Phytologia (April 2009) 91(1) Schraderanthus, A New Genus of Solanaceae |access-date=2012-04-22 |archive-date=2009-06-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090617094517/http://www.phytologia.org/Phytologia%20PDFs/91(1)pdfFiles/91(1)54-61AveretteSchraderanthus.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Schrader was elected a corresponding member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in 1815.

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