Carl Ludwig Willdenow (August 22, 1765 - July 10, 1812) was a German botanist and pharmacist. Willdenow was born in Berlin and studied medicine and botany at the University of Halle. He was a director of the Botanical garden of Berlin from 1801 until his death. There he studied many South American plants, brought back by the explorer Alexander von Humboldt. He was interested in the adaptation of plants to climate, … Wikipedia
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