Johannes Scherbius

German botanist (1769-1813).

Johannes Scherbius (1 June 1769, Frankfurt am Main – 8 November 1813) was a German physician and botanist. In 1790 he obtained his doctorate of medicine at Jena, later working as a physician in his hometown of Frankfurt. In Frankfurt, he was associated with the Senckenberg Institute. With Philipp Gottfried Gaertner and Bernhard Meyer, he was co-author of "Oekonomisch-technische Flora der Wetterau" (Economic-technical flora of Wetterau), a three-volume work that was a source of scientific names for numerous plants.

Abbreviations: Scherb.
Occupations: botanist
Citizenships: Germany
Languages: German
Dates: 1769-01-01T00:00:00Z – 1813-11-08T00:00:00Z
Birth place: Frankfurt
Direct attributions: 13 plants, 2 fungi
Authorship mentions: 16 plants, 4 fungi

2 fungi attributed, 2 fungi contributed to4 fungi:

Cladonia caespiticia (Stubby-stalked Cladonia) (Pers.) P. Gaertn., B. Mey & Scherb. 1802
fungi species in the cladoniaceae family
Cladonia caespiticia is a widespread and common species of fruticose, cup lichen in the family Cladoniaceae. It was originally named Baeomyces caespiticius by German mycologist Christiaan Hendrik Persoon in 1794. Heinrich Gustav Flörke transferred it to the genus Cladonia in 1827. In North America, it is commonly known as the stubby-stalked Cladonia.
Baeomyces byssoides (L.) P. Gaertn., B. Mey. & Scherb. 1802
fungi species in the baeomycetaceae family
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Physcia obscura f. obscura (P. Gaertn., B. Mey. & Scherb.) Fürnr. 1839
fungi form in the physciaceae family
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Physcia obscura (P. Gaertn., B. Mey. & Scherb.) Fürnr. 1839
fungi species in the physciaceae family
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