August Wilhelm Dennstedt

Botanist (1776-1826).

August Wilhelm Dennstedt (1776–1826), surname sometimes spelled Dennstaedt, was a German medical doctor and botanist who was bürgermeister of Magdala, a town near Weimar. From 1817 he was scientific director of the Grand Ducal Garden in Belvedere. He was the taxonomic author of numerous botanical taxa; three examples being the genera Bruxanelia, Coulejia and Merremia. He entered many of his taxonomic findings in the register "Schlüssel zum Hortus indicus malabaricus". The genus Dennstaedtia Bernh. (family Dennstaedtiaceae) is named in his honor. The standard author abbreviation Dennst. is used

Abbreviations: Dennst.
Occupations: botanist
Citizenships: Germany
Languages: German
Dates: 1776-01-01T00:00:00Z – 1826-01-01T00:00:00Z
Birth place: Weimar
Direct attributions: 12 plants, 0 fungi
Authorship mentions: 33 plants, 0 fungi

12 plants attributed, 21 plants contributed to33 plants:

Dioscorea hispida (Asiatic Bitter Yam) Dennst. 1818
edible and medicinal plant species in the dioscoreaceae family
Dioscorea hispida, also known as the Indian three-leaved yam, (Tagalog: nami, Indonesia: gadung) is a species of yam in the genus Dioscorea, native to South and Southeast Asia. Known to be poisonous when fresh, careful processing is required to render it edible.
Ipomoea cordatotriloba (Tie Vine) Dennst. 1810
annual plant species in the convolvulaceae family
Ipomoea cordatotriloba is a species of morning glory native to the southeastern United States and Mexico. Its common names include tievine and cotton morning glory.
Strychnos minor (Snakewood) Dennst. 1818
plant species in the loganiaceae family
Strychnos minor, commonly known as snakewood, is a species of plant in the family Loganiaceae found in tropical areas from India through southeast Asia to New Guinea and Australia. It was first described in 1818.
Excoecaria canjoerensis Dennst. 1818
plant species in the euphorbiaceae family
Excoecaria canjoerensis is a species of flowering plant in the spurge family, Euphorbiaceae. It was described in 1818. It is native to India.
Bruxanelia indica Dennst. 1818
plant species in the rubiaceae family
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Bruxanelia Dennst. 1818
plant genus in the rubiaceae family
Ehretia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Ehretiaceae. It contains 66 species native to the tropics and subtropics of the Americas, sub-Saharan Africa, Asia, Papuasia, and Australia. The generic name honors German botanical illustrator Georg Dionysius Ehret (1708–1770).
Phyllanthus retusus Dennst. 1818
plant species in the phyllanthaceae family
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Pandanus unipapillatus Dennst. 1818
plant species in the pandanaceae family
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Phyllanthus oblongifolus Dennst. 1818
plant species in the phyllanthaceae family
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Hedyotis subcordata Dennst. 1818
plant species in the rubiaceae family
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Cissus leucostaphyla Dennst. 1818
plant species in the vitaceae family
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Achras retusa Dennst. 1818
plant species in the sapotaceae family
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Amorphophallus paeoniifolius (Elephant-foot Yam) (Dennst.) Nicolson 1977
edible and medicinal plant species in the araceae family
Amorphophallus paeoniifolius, the elephant foot yam or whitespot giant arum, is a tropical plant native to Island Southeast Asia. It is cultivated for its edible tubers in Southeast Asia, South Asia, Madagascar, New Guinea, and the Pacific islands. Because of its production potential and popularity as a vegetable in various cuisines, it can be raised as a cash crop.
Merremia (Woodrose) Dennst. ex Endl. 1841
plant genus in the convolvulaceae family
Merremia is a genus of flowering plants in the morning glory family, Convolvulaceae. Members of the genus are commonly known as woodroses.
Ailanthus triphysa (Ferntop Ash) (Dennst.) Alston 1931
medicinal plant species in the simaroubaceae family
Ailanthus triphysa (also Ailanthus malabarica), ferntop ash, is a medium to tall evergreen rainforest tree that is native to Asia and Australia. The wood is used for matchwood and plywood. The tree is known as halmaddi in India, where its resin, also called halmaddi, may be used in incense. Inappropriate extraction methods were resulting in trees dying, thus by the 1990s the Indian forestry department had banned extraction.
Wrightia arborea (Dennst.) Mabb. 1977
medicinal plant species in the apocynaceae family
Wrightia arborea, the woolly dyeing rosebay, is a species of flowering plant in the family Apocynaceae. It is native to the Indian Subcontinent, Southeast Asia, and southern China. A tree reaching 20 m (66 ft), local peoples use it for timber and as the source of a dye.
Ixora malabarica (Dennst.) Mabb. 1977
vulnerable plant species in the rubiaceae family
Ixora malabarica is a species of flowering plant in the family Rubiaceae. It is native to Karnataka and Kerala in India.
Tetrastigma leucostaphylum (Dennst.) Alston 1977
plant species in the vitaceae family
Tetrastigma leucostaphylum, the Indian chestnut vine, is a flowering plant in the family Vitaceae. It is native to Sri Lanka, India, Nepal and South East Asia.
Hopea ponga (Kambakam) (Dennst.) Mabb. 1979
plant species in the dipterocarpaceae family
Hopea ponga is a species of flowering plant in the family Dipterocarpaceae. It is a tree endemic to southwestern and southern India. It is also known as kambakam (കമ്പകം) in Malayalam language. It is gregarious tree which grows up to 25 metres tall. It is widespread in low- and medium-elevation evergreen and semi-evergreen rainforests of the Malabar coastal plain and Western Ghats from 25 to 900 metres elevation. Two varieties are accepted: Hopea ponga var. cauveriana Kesh.Murthy & Yogan. – Karnataka Hopea ponga var. ponga – Goa, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu
Dalbergia candenatensis (Dalbergia) (Dennst.) Prain 1901
plant species in the fabaceae family
Dalbergia candenatensis is a species of flowering plant in the pea family Fabaceae. It is a scrambling shrub or vine, native to regions from tropical and subtropical Asia to the western Pacific, including northern Australia.
Breynia retusa (Cup Saucer Plant) (Dennst.) Alston 1929
medicinal plant species in the phyllanthaceae family
Breynia retusa is a species of plant in the family Phyllanthaceae.
Parsonsia alboflavescens (Spiral-vined Silkpod) (Dennst.) Mabb. 1977
plant species in the apocynaceae family
Parsonsia alboflavescens is a woody vine of the family Apocynaceae, found from tropical and subtropical Asia to Northern Australia. In the Northern Territory of Australia, where it occurs in Arnhem Land, it has been declared "near threatened".
Dalbergia horrida (Dennst.) Mabb. 1977
plant species in the fabaceae family
Dalbergia horrida is a species of thorny liana, with the Vietnamese name trắc nhiều hoa (under the synonym D. multiflora = "many flowers") which is in the subfamily Faboideae and tribe Dalbergieae.
Ochlandra scriptoria (Tamil Nadu Reed Bamboo) (Dennst.) C.E.C.Fisch. 1934
plant species in the poaceae family
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Scleropyrum pentandrum (Dennst.) Mabb. 1977
plant species in the santalaceae family
Scleropyrum pentandrum is a species of flowering plant in family Santalaceae. It is an evergreen tree native to India and Sri Lanka, Indochina, southern China (Yunnan and Guangxi), Peninsular Malaysia, Java, and western New Guinea.
Andrographis atropurpurea (Dennst.) Alston 1977
plant species in the acanthaceae family
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Embelia drupacea (Dennst.) M.R.Almeida & S.M.Almeida 1994
plant species in the primulaceae family
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Ehretia indica (Dennst. ex Kostel.) M.R.Almeida & S.M.Almeida 1994
plant species in the ehretiaceae family
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Chionanthus malaelengi (Dennst.) P.S.Green 1985
plant species in the oleaceae family
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Blepharistemma serratum (Dennst.) Suresh 1988
plant species in the rhizophoraceae family
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