David Nathaniel Friedrich Dietrich

German botanist and gardener

David Nathaniel Friedrich Dietrich (3 October 1800 - 23 December 1888) was German botanist and gardener.

Dietrich's birth year is listed as 1799 and 1800. He was born in Ziegenhain.[1] In 1828 Dietrich worked as a botanical gardener in Jena. In 1836 he received his doctorate at the University of Jena, and later served as a curator at the botanical garden in Jena.

He was the nephew of the botanist Friedrich Gottlieb Dietrich (1765-1850).

Dietrich wrote pamphlets on poisonous plants, mosses, and forest flora and fauna of Germany as well as several botanical encyclopedias. His five-volume, 1839-1852 Synopsis Plantarum included about 80,000 species and 524 genera. The five-volume Flora of Germany published from 1833 to 1864 contains 1150 colored panels. The two-volume Forst Flora and the 476 booklets of the comprehensive Flora Universalis are his most famous work.[1][2]

## Works

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* Musci Thuringici,vivis exemplaribus exhibuerunt et illustraverunt, (1821-1825) exsiccata work (with Jonathan Carl Zenker, 1799–1837).[3]
* Forst Flora, (two volumes 1828–1833)
* Flora Universalis, (476 booklets, 1828–1861)
* Flora Medica, (1831–1835)
* Lichenographia Germanica, (1832–1837)
* Deutschlands Flora, (5 volumes, 1833-1864)
* Synopsis Plantarum, (5 volumes, 1839-1852)
* Deutschlands ökonomische Flora, (1841–1844)

The standard author abbreviation D.Dietr. is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.[4]

## References

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1. ^ a b "David Nathaniel Friedrich Dietrich". University of North Carolina Herbarium. Retrieved November 26, 2014.
2. ^ "Dietrich, Dr. David Nathaniel Friedrich (1800-1888) Forst Flora". Fine Antique Prints and Art. Archived from the original on December 5, 2014. Retrieved November 23, 2014.
3. ^ "Musci Thuringici vivis exemplaribus exhibuerunt et illustraverunt Jonathan Carolus Zenker et Fridericus David Dietrich: IndExs ExsiccataID=1358056959". IndExs – Index of Exsiccatae. Botanische Staatssammlung München. Retrieved 19 May 2024.
4. ^ International Plant Names Index.  D.Dietr.

## External links

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* Works related to David Nathaniel Friedrich Dietrich at Wikisource

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