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Ecklon, Christian Friedrich (Frederik) (1795-1868)

Date Updated: 19 April 2013

Herbarium
Natural History Museum (BM)
Collection
Plant Collectors
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Contributor
Natural History Museum (BM)
First name(s)
Christian Friedrich (Frederik)
Last name
Ecklon
Initials
C.F.(F.)
Life Dates
1795 - 1868
Collecting Dates
1823 - 1868
Specification
Plant collector
Groups collected
Algae Bryophytes Fungi Pteridophytes Spermatophytes
Organisation(s)
MEL (main), S (main), A, B, BM, BR, C, CAS, CGE, CN, CORD, F, FI, FR, G, GE, GH, GOET, GRA, GRO, GZU, H, HAL, HBG, JE, K, KIEL, L, LD, LE, LZ, M, MO, NBG, NCY, NY, O, OXF, P, P-JU, PC, PR, PRE, S-PA, SAM, STE (currently NBG), UPS, US, W, WRSL, WU
Countries
Southern Africa: South AfricaAtlantic region: Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha
Associate(s)
Drège, Carl Friedrich (1791-1867) (co-collector)
Joubert, Hester (c. 1805-) (specimens from)
Pallas & Poleman (1810-1839) (employee)
Zeyher, Carl Ludwig Philip (Philipp) (1799-1858) (co-collector)
Biography
Danish apothecary from Aabenraa (Apenrade) in northern Schleswig-Holstein, which was then part of Germany (1864-1795). He travelled to the Cape of Good Hope (1823) where he first became interested in botany. He returned to Germany in 1828 with a large collection of material, which was mostly distributed to German and Danish botanists, and he worked on the material at Hamburg. Ecklon eventually returned to South Africa (1838) where he collected until the year of his death in Cape Town. Material was bequeathed to BM with the herbarium of N.B. Ward (1869) and further specimens purchased with the herbaria of R.J. Shuttleworth (1877) and G.E.L. Hampe (1881).
References
Brummitt, R.K. & Powell, C.E., Authors Pl. Names (1992): 182; Codd, L.E & Gunn, M. Bothalia 3-4 (1985): 637; Gunn, M. & Codd, L.E. Bot. Explor. S. Afr. (1981): 144, 285, 353; Holmgren, P., Holmgren, N.H. & Barnett, L.C., Index Herb., ed. 8 (1990): 190; Jackson, B.D., Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew (1901): 21; Lanjouw, J. & Stafleu, F.A., Index Herb. Coll. E-H (1957): 176; Murray, G.R.M., Hist. Coll. Nat. Hist. Dep. Brit. Mus. (1904): 146; Smith, G.F. & Willis, C.K., Index Herb. S. Afr., ed. 2 (1999): 85, 95;

Date Updated: 19 April 2013

Herbarium
Natural History Museum (BM)
Collection
Plant Collectors
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Contributor
Natural History Museum (BM)
First name(s)
Christian Friedrich (Frederik)
Last name
Ecklon
Initials
C.F.(F.)
Life Dates
1795 - 1868
Collecting Dates
1823 - 1868
Specification
Plant collector
Groups collected
Algae Bryophytes Fungi Pteridophytes Spermatophytes
Organisation(s)
MEL (main), S (main), A, B, BM, BR, C, CAS, CGE, CN, CORD, F, FI, FR, G, GE, GH, GOET, GRA, GRO, GZU, H, HAL, HBG, JE, K, KIEL, L, LD, LE, LZ, M, MO, NBG, NCY, NY, O, OXF, P, P-JU, PC, PR, PRE, S-PA, SAM, STE (currently NBG), UPS, US, W, WRSL, WU
Countries
Southern Africa: South AfricaAtlantic region: Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha
Associate(s)
Drège, Carl Friedrich (1791-1867) (co-collector)
Joubert, Hester (c. 1805-) (specimens from)
Pallas & Poleman (1810-1839) (employee)
Zeyher, Carl Ludwig Philip (Philipp) (1799-1858) (co-collector)
Biography
Danish apothecary from Aabenraa (Apenrade) in northern Schleswig-Holstein, which was then part of Germany (1864-1795). He travelled to the Cape of Good Hope (1823) where he first became interested in botany. He returned to Germany in 1828 with a large collection of material, which was mostly distributed to German and Danish botanists, and he worked on the material at Hamburg. Ecklon eventually returned to South Africa (1838) where he collected until the year of his death in Cape Town. Material was bequeathed to BM with the herbarium of N.B. Ward (1869) and further specimens purchased with the herbaria of R.J. Shuttleworth (1877) and G.E.L. Hampe (1881).
References
Brummitt, R.K. & Powell, C.E., Authors Pl. Names (1992): 182; Codd, L.E & Gunn, M. Bothalia 3-4 (1985): 637; Gunn, M. & Codd, L.E. Bot. Explor. S. Afr. (1981): 144, 285, 353; Holmgren, P., Holmgren, N.H. & Barnett, L.C., Index Herb., ed. 8 (1990): 190; Jackson, B.D., Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew (1901): 21; Lanjouw, J. & Stafleu, F.A., Index Herb. Coll. E-H (1957): 176; Murray, G.R.M., Hist. Coll. Nat. Hist. Dep. Brit. Mus. (1904): 146; Smith, G.F. & Willis, C.K., Index Herb. S. Afr., ed. 2 (1999): 85, 95;
Ecklon, Christian Friedrich (Frederik) (1795-1868)
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