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Index of Botanists

NameSchimper, Wilhelm Philipp
Date of birth1808
Date of death1880
Remarks [author note: Herbarium and types: original moss herbarium: BM; additional material at BERN, BR, BUF, C, CGE, DBN, DPU, E, FH, G, GOET, H, HAL, KIEL, L, LIV, M, MANCH (important set), MASS, MPU, MW, NY, OXF, PC, QK, S, STR, TL, W, WRSL] [collector note: Father of A. F. W. Schimper; cousin of G. H. & Karl F. Schimper]
ASA Botanist ID100654 botanist
GUIDhttp://purl.oclc.org/net/edu.harvard.huh/guid/uuid/7b97142a-12a9-4f8e-b871-c52f57ea89b6
Variant nameSchimper, W. P.
Variant nameWilhelm Philipp Schimper
Author nameSchimper
B & P Author Abbrev.Schimp.
Standard/Label NameW. P. Schimper
Full NameSchimper, Wilhelm Philipp
Geography AuthorFrance
Geography CollectorAustria,  Ethiopia,  France,  Germany,  Greenland,  Ireland,  Norway,  Spain,  Switzerland
Specialty AuthorAlgae
Specialty AuthorBryophytes
Specialty AuthorFossils
Specialty AuthorFungi and Lichens
Specialty AuthorSpermatophytes
Citation as Author Authors of Plant Names. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Citation as Author Taxonomic Literature. Second Edition. Utrecht
Citation as CollectorIndex Herbariorum - Collectors S
Member of teams/groups
Author in Bryol. Eur.
Author in Coroll. Bryol. Eur.
Author in Syn. Musc. Eur., ed. 2
Author in Musci Eur. Nov.
Author in Syn. Musc. Eur.
Author in Mem. Hist. Nat. Sphaignes
Author in Stirp. Cryptog. Vogeso-Rhen.
Author in Vers. Entw.-Gesch. Torfm.
Author in Traite Paleont. Veg.
Author in Monogr. Pl. Foss. Gres. Bigarre
Author in Euptychium
Author in Nachtr. Spiridens
HoldingsSearch for specimens collected by W. P. Schimper
Collections in[no date] (25),  1831 (1),  1832 (8),  1835 (14),  1836 (14),  1837 (10),  1838 (1),  1839 (1),  1840 (3),  1841 (1),  1842 (1),  1843 (1),  1846 (2),  1852 (1),  1853 (1),  1854 (2),  1862 (1),  1943 (1)
Collector Teams:J. B. Mougeot, C. G. Nestler, W. P. Schimper, J. A. Mougeot & C. Roumeguère  Bruch & Schimper  Bruch, Schimper & Guimpel  Bruch, Schimper & W. Gümbel  Bruch, Schimper & C. Gümbel 
Author Teams:Bruch & Schimper  Bruch, Schimper & Guimpel  Bruch, Schimper & W. Gümbel  Bruch, Schimper & C. Gümbel 

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