August Wilhelm Henschel

German botanist and medical historian (1790-1856).

August Wilhelm Eduard Theodor Henschel (Breslau, 20 December 1790 – Breslau, 24 July 1856) was a German medical doctor and botanist, best known through his works on history of medicine and about Schola Medica Salernitana.

Abbreviations: Hensch.
Occupations: university teacher, physician, pathologist, medical historian, botanist
Citizenships: Germany
Languages: German
Dates: 1790-12-20T00:00:00Z – 1856-07-24T00:00:00Z
Birth place: Wrocław
Direct attributions: 4 plants, 0 fungi
Authorship mentions: 7 plants, 0 fungi

4 plants attributed, 3 plants contributed to7 plants:

Eleocharis dulcis (Chinese Water Chestnut) (Burm.f.) Trin. ex Hensch. 1833
edible, perennial, and medicinal plant species in the cyperaceae family
Eleocharis dulcis, the Chinese water chestnut or water chestnut, is a grass-like sedge native to Asia, tropical Africa, and Oceania. It is grown in many countries for its edible corms, but if eaten uncooked, the surface of the plants may transmit fasciolopsiasis. The water caltrop, which also is referred to by the same name, is unrelated and often confused with the water chestnut.
Peperomia oreophila Hensch. 1873
plant species in the piperaceae family
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Peperomia minensis Hensch. 1873
plant species in the piperaceae family
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Annona sariffa Roxb. ex Hensch. 1833
plant species in the annonaceae family
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Hubera rumphii (Blume ex Hensch.) Chaowasku 2012
plant species in the annonaceae family
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Polyalthia rumphii (Blume ex Hensch.) Merr. 1923
medicinal plant species in the annonaceae family
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Huberantha rumphii (Blume ex Hensch.) Chaowasku 2015
plant species in the annonaceae family
Huberantha rumphii is a species of plant in the family Annonaceae. It is native to Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, The Philippines, and The Solomon Islands. August Wilhelm Henschel the German physician and botanist who first formally described the species, using the basionym Guatteria rumphii, named it after the German botanist Georg Eberhard Rumphius who cataloged many plant species in Indonesia.
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