Charles von Hügel

Austrian noble, army officer, diplomat, botanist, and explorer (1795–1870).

Baron Charles von Hügel (born Carl Alexander Anselm Baron von Hügel; 25 April 1795 – 2 June 1870), sometimes spelt in English Huegel, was an Austrian nobleman, army officer, diplomat, botanist, and explorer, now primarily remembered for his travels in northern India during the 1830s. During his lifetime he was celebrated by the European ruling classes for his botanical garden and his introduction of plants and flowers from New Holland (Australia) to Europe's public gardens.

Abbreviations: Hügel
Occupations: scientific collector, military personnel, gardener, explorer, diplomat, botanist, naturalist, botanical collector
Languages: English
Dates: 1794-00-00T00:00:00Z – 1870-06-02T00:00:00Z
Birth place: Regensburg
Direct attributions: 4 plants, 0 fungi
Authorship mentions: 14 plants, 0 fungi

4 plants attributed, 10 plants contributed to14 plants:

Pelargonium littorale (Kopata Storksbill) Hügel 1837
plant species in the geraniaceae family
Pelargonium littorale is a species of Pelargonium found within the southwest botanical province of Australia.
Marianthus Hügel 1837
plant genus in the pittosporaceae family
Marianthus is a genus of flowering plants in the family Pittosporaceae and is endemic to Australia. Plants in the genus Marianthus are shrubs with twining branches, simple leaves arranged alternately along the stems. The flowers are pendent, arranged singly or in small groups in upper leaf axils or on the ends of branches with small bracts and bracteoles at the base, but that fall as the flowers open. The sepals are free from each other, and the petals are also sometimes free from each, otherwise joined at the base, forming a tube with spreading lobes. Plants in this genus were previously
Jacksonia sternbergiana (Stinkwood) Hügel 1837
plant species in the fabaceae family
Jacksonia sternbergiana, commonly known as stinkwood, is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. The Noongar peoples know the plant as kabbur, koorpa or mondurn. It is an erect or weeping shrub or tree with dull green branches, straight, sharply-pointed side branches, its leaves reduced to scales, yellowish-orange flowers, and woody, hairy pods.
Thomasia macrocarpa Hügel 1839
plant species in the malvaceae family
Thomasia macrocarpa, commonly known as large-fruited thomasia, is a shrub that is endemic to the southwest of Western Australia.
Macarthuria Hügel ex Endl. 1837
plant genus in the macarthuriaceae family
Macarthuria is a genus of dicotyledonous plants belonging to the family Macarthuriaceae, and consists of about 9 species which are endemic to Australia.
Grevillea thelemanniana (Spider Net Grevillea) Hügel ex Endl. 1839
plant species in the proteaceae family
Grevillea thelemanniana, commonly known as spider net grevillea, is species of flowering plant in the family Proteaceae and is endemic to Perth, Western Australia. It is a spreading shrub with linear and pinnatipartite to pinnatisect leaves with linear to narrowly elliptic lobes, and clusters of 6 to 14 pinkish-red and cream-coloured flowers with a red, green-tipped style.
Clematis pubescens (Common Clematis) Hügel ex Endl. 1837
plant species in the ranunculaceae family
Clematis pubescens, known locally as common clematis, is a climbing shrub of the family Ranunculaceae with white blooms, found in coastal regions of southern Western Australia.
Marianthus candidus Hügel ex Endl. 1837
plant species in the pittosporaceae family
Marianthus candidus, commonly known as white marianthus, is a species of flowering plant in the family Pittosporaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is a twining shrub or climber with elliptic leaves and white flowers arranged in groups of twenty to thirty and becoming fawn or pink as they age.
Macarthuria australis Hügel ex Endl. 1837
plant species in the macarthuriaceae family
Macarthuria australis is an erect or spreading, wiry shrub, in the family Macarthuriaceae endemic to Western Australia. It grows from 0.15-0.75 m high and has white/white-cream flowers, and may be seen in flower from May to February although mainly from August to September. It grows on sand and laterite, on coastal sandplains, sandhills, and roadsides.
Sphaerolobium linophyllum (Hügel ex Benth.) Benth. 1864
plant species in the fabaceae family
Sphaerolobium linophyllum is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to the south of Western Australia. It is a prostrate to ascending shrub with a few narrowly linear leaves and red, yellow and orange flowers.
Isopogon drummondii Hügel ex Jacques 1843
plant species in the proteaceae family
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Hibbertia perfoliata Hügel ex Endl. 1837
plant species in the dilleniaceae family
Hibbertia perfoliata is a species of flowering plant in the family Dilleniaceae and is endemic to Western Australia. It is a weak, ascending or prostrate, spreading shrub that typically grows to a height of up to 40 cm (16 in). It flowers from September to December or from January to March and has yellow flowers. The species was first formally described in 1837 by Stephan Endlicher from an unpublished description by Charles von Hügel and Endlicher's description was published in his book Enumeratio plantarum quas in Novae Hollandiae ora austro-occidentali ad fluvium Cygnorum et in sinu Regis
Caesia helleri Hügel ex Heynh. 1846
plant species in the asphodelaceae family
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Boronia rinzii Hügel ex Heynh. 1846
plant species in the rutaceae family
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