Friedrich Welwitsch
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In Angola, Welwitsch also discovered ''Rhipsalis baccifera'', the only cactus species naturally occurring outside the New World. It was found a few years later in Sri Lanka too, which reignited the now already one-and-a-half-century-old debate on the origin of cacti in Africa and Asia. At the time, the debate concluded with the conviction of numerous authors that they were introduced and spread by migratory birds.
Among the botanists, Welwitsch is also known after his descriptions of numerous other plants, for example ''Cyphostemma macropus'' (common name: Butter Tree), ''Tavaresia angolensis'' (common name: Devil's Trumpet), ''Dorstenia psilurus'', ''Sarcocaulon mossamedense'', ''Acanthosicyos horridus'', ''Pachypodium namaquanum'' and ''Pachypodium lealii''. The earthstar fungus ''Geastrum welwitschii'', a species he collected in Spain, is named in his honor. Provided by Wikipedia
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Published: 1901
Superior document: Catalogue of the African plants collected by Dr. Friedrich Welwitsch in 1853 - 61 Vol.2, Part 2
Links: Volltext // 2009 digitalisiert vom: New York Botanical Garden. Exemplar der Mertz Library, of the New York Botanical Garden mit der Signatur: QK383.B7 v.2,pt.2 und der Buch-Nummer: 3-5185-00061-2000
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Published: 1898
Superior document: Catalogue of the African plants collected by Dr. Friedrich Welwitsch in 1853 - 61 [Vol.1], Dicotyledons, Part 2
Links: Volltext // 2009 digitalisiert vom: New York Botanical Garden. Exemplar der Mertz Library, of the New York Botanical Garden mit der Signatur: QK383 .B7 v.1,pt.2 und der Buch-Nummer: 3-5185-00061-1960; Volltext
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Published: 1896
Superior document: Catalogue of the African plants collected by Dr. Friedrich Welwitsch in 1853 - 61 [Vol.1], Dicotyledons, Part 1
Links: Volltext // 2009 digitalisiert vom: New York Botanical Garden. Exemplar der Mertz Library, of the New York Botanical Garden mit der Signatur: QK383 .B7 v.1,pt.1 und der Buch-Nummer: 3-5185-00061-1952; Volltext
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Published: 1898
Superior document: Catalogue of the African plants collected by Dr. Friedrich Welwitsch in 1853 - 61 [Vol.1], Dicotyledons, Part 3
Links: Volltext // 2009 digitalisiert vom: New York Botanical Garden. Exemplar der Mertz Library, of the New York Botanical Garden mit der Signatur: QK383 .B7 v.1,pt.3 und der Buch-Nummer: 3-5185-00061-1978; Volltext
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Published: 1900
Superior document: Catalogue of the African plants collected by Dr. Friedrich Welwitsch in 1853 - 61 [Vol.1], Dicotyledons, Part 4
Links: Volltext // 2009 digitalisiert vom: New York Botanical Garden. Exemplar der Mertz Library, of the New York Botanical Garden mit der Signatur: QK383 .B7 v.1,pt.3 und der Buch-Nummer: 3-5185-00061-1986
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Published: 1899
Superior document: Catalogue of the African plants collected by Dr. Friedrich Welwitsch in 1853 - 61 Vol.2, Part 1
Links: Volltext // 2008 digitalisiert von der: North Carolina State University. Exemplar der Hill Library of the North Carolina State University mit der Signatur: QK420 .B856 v.2,pt.1 und der Buchnummer: S00784735-Y; Volltext