Friedrich von Wurmb

German botanist (1742-1781).

Christoph Carl Friedrich von Wurmb (2 July 1742 in Wolkramshausen – March 1781 in Batavia) was a German botanist. His official shorthand is "Wurmb". He was a descendant of the noble family von Wurmb. At some point in time, his elder brother Ludwig and he himself fell in love with the same woman. After a long decision process, he decided to emigrate, and leave the woman to his brother. He joined the Dutch East India Company, and emigrated to Amsterdam, and later to Batavia, the modern-day Jakarta. His brother later married this woman, Christiane von Werthern. His sister's brother in law, Friedr

Abbreviations: Wurmb
Occupations: botanist
Citizenships: Germany
Languages: German
Dates: 1742-07-02T00:00:00Z – 1781-03-00T00:00:00Z
Birth place: Bleicherode
Direct attributions: 3 plants, 0 fungi
Authorship mentions: 4 plants, 0 fungi

3 plants attributed, 1 plant contributed to4 plants:

Nypa fruticans (Nipah Palm) Wurmb 1779
plant species in the arecaceae family
Nypa fruticans, commonly known as the nipa palm (or simply nipa, from Malay: nipah) or mangrove palm, is a species of palm native to the coastlines and estuarine habitats of the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the only palm considered adapted to the mangrove biome. The genus Nypa and the subfamily Nypoideae are monotypic taxa because this species is their only member.
Licuala Wurmb 1780
plant genus in the arecaceae family
Licuala is a genus of palms, in the tribe Trachycarpeae, commonly found in tropical forests of southern China, Southeast Asia, the Himalayas, New Guinea and the western Pacific Ocean islands.
Licuala spinosa (Mangrove Fan Palm) Wurmb 1780
plant species in the arecaceae family
Licuala spinosa, also known as the mangrove fan palm, is a species of palm in the genus Licuala. The plant is native to the wet places of fresh and salt water of Southeast Asia.
Arenga pinnata (Sugar Palm) (Wurmb) Merr. 1917
medicinal and vegetable plant species in the arecaceae family
Arenga pinnata (syn. Arenga saccharifera) is an economically important feather palm native to tropical Asia, from eastern India east to Malaysia, Indonesia, and the Philippines in the east. Common names include sugar palm, areng palm (also aren palm or arengga palm), black sugar palm, and kaong palm, among other names.
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