Wilhelm Gerhard Walpers

{{Short description|German botanist (1816–1853)}}{{Infobox scientist | name = Wilhelm Gerhard Walpers | image = | birth_date = 26 December 1816 | birth_place = Mühlhausen, Germany | death_date = {{death date and age|df=y|1853|6|18|1816|12|26}} | death_place = Berlin, Kingdom of Prussia | nationality = | field = Botany | alma_mater = University of Greifswald University of Breslau | known_for = Repertorium botanices systematicæ | notable_works = Repertorium botanices systematicæ (1842-1847) | spouse = | children = | awards = | website = }} '''Wilhelm Gerhard Walpers''' (26 December 1816 in Mühlhausen – 18 June 1853 in Berlin) was a German botanist. This botanist is denoted by the author abbreviation '''Walp.''' when citing a botanical name.<ref>{{cite book|last = Brummitt|first = R. K.|author2=C. E. Powell |title = Authors of Plant Names |publisher = Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew |year = 1992 |isbn = 1-84246-085-4}}</ref>

He received his education at the Universities of Greifswald and Breslau, earning his habilitation in 1848 at Berlin. He died on 18 June 1853 from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.<ref>[http://de.wikisource.org/wiki/ADB:Walpers,_Wilhelm_Gerhard biography of Walpers] @ Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie</ref>

The plant genus ''Walpersia'' (synonym ''Phyllota'') is named after him.<ref>[http://plants.jstor.org/flora/floc002491 JSTOR Global Plants] Walpersia</ref><ref>[http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/genus.pl?18860 GRIN Taxonomy for Plants] Walpersia Harv.</ref>

==Selected publications == * ''Repertorium botanices systematicæ'' (six volumes, 1842–1847).<ref name="RBS">{{cite book | last = Walpers | first = Wilhelm Gerhard | title = Repertorium botanices systematicae | publisher = sumtibus Friderici Hofmeister | url = https://archive.org/details/repertoriumbota06walpgoog | edition = Vol. III | year = 1845 }}</ref> * {{cite book|last1=Walpers|first1=Wilhelm Gerhard|author-link=Wilhelm Gerhard Walpers|title=Annales botanices systematicae (7 vols.)|date=1848–1868|url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/7556#/summary|access-date=12 March 2016|location=Leipzig|language=la}}

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