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Friedrich Ernst Leibold

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German botanist (1804-1864) Not to be confused with Friedrich Leybold.

Friedrich Ernst Leibold (sometimes spelled Leybold) (9 December 1804, in Dorfgarten near Kiel – 21 July 1864, in Havana) was a German gardener and botanical collector.

Trained as a gardener, he accompanied Baron von Ludwig to the Cape of Good Hope as a botanical collector (1835–38). From 1839 to 1844, he collected specimens in Cuba and Mexico, later settling as a farmer in Texas (1847). He later took up residence in New Orleans, and died in Havana on 21 July 1864 on his way to collect specimens in the Yucatán.

He was also honoured in 1847, when botanist Diederich Franz Leonhard von Schlechtendal published a genus of flowering plants from Mexico, belonging the family Asteraceae as Leiboldia.

Plants with the specific epithet of leiboldiana are named after him, an example being Tillandsia leiboldiana.

Associated writings

  • "Filices a Leiboldo in Mexico lectae" by Gustav Kunze, (1844).
The standard author abbreviations F.E.Leyb. and Leibold are used to indicate this individual as the author when citing a botanical name.

References

  1. Lexikon deutschsprachiger Bryologen, Volume 1 by Jan-Peter Frahm, Jens Eggers
  2. Gartenflora Deutschlands und der Schweiz, Volume 14 by Eduard Regel
  3. Biodiversity Heritage Library Taxonomic literature : a selective guide to botanical publications
  4. "Leiboldia Schltdl. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 15 October 2021.
  5. Roellke Orchideen Archived 2013-10-14 at the Wayback Machine Tillandsia leiboldiana
  6. OCLC WorldCat Filices a Leiboldo in Mexico lectae
  7. "Author Query". International Plant Names Index.
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