Georg August Schweinfurth

German explorer and scientist (1836-1925).

Georg August Schweinfurth (29 December 1836 – 19 September 1925) was a Baltic German botanist and ethnologist who explored East Central Africa.

Abbreviations: Schweinf.
Occupations: zoologist, zoological collector, scientific collector, pteridologist, explorer, botanist, botanical collector, anthropologist
Citizenships: Russian Empire
Languages: German
Dates: 1836-12-29T00:00:00Z – 1925-09-19T00:00:00Z
Birth place: Riga
Direct attributions: 155 plants, 0 fungi
Authorship mentions: 292 plants, 0 fungi

155 plants attributed, 137 plants contributed to292 plants:

Acokanthera schimperi (Olmorijoi) (A.DC.) Benth. & Hook.f. ex Schweinf. 1891
plant species in the apocynaceae family
Acokanthera schimperi, arrow poison tree, belonging to the family Apocynaceae, is a small tree native to eastern and central Africa as well as to Yemen.
Barbeya oleoides Schweinf. 1892
plant species in the barbeyaceae family
Barbeya is the only genus in the family Barbeyaceae, and has only one species, Barbeya oleoides. It is a small tree native to the mountains of Somalia, Ethiopia, and the Arabian Peninsula. It can be found locally abundant in the transition zone between the dry, evergreen, Afromontane forests and lower-elevation evergreen bushlands. Barbeya oleoides has opposite, oblong-lanceolate, simple leaves with entire margins. Plants are dioecious, with male and female flowers on separate trees. The family Barbeyaceae is closely related to its ecological associate on the Horn, the family Dirachmaceae.
Aloe camperi (Camper's Aloe) Schweinf. 1894
plant species in the asphodelaceae family
Aloe camperi is a species of aloe indigenous to Africa, specifically the regions of Ethiopia and Eritrea. It grows in colonies, with orange flowers in early spring.
Euphorbia ammak (African Candelabra) Schweinf. 1899
vulnerable plant species in the euphorbiaceae family
Euphorbia ammak, commonly known as giant milk bush, African candelabra and candelabra spurge, is a species of plant in the family Euphorbiaceae native to the Arabian Peninsula. As most other succulent members of the genus Euphorbia, its trade is regulated under Appendix II of CITES. In 1998, the plant was assessed for The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species and was listed as Vulnerable.
Lobelia telekii Schweinf. 1892
perennial plant species in the campanulaceae family
Lobelia telekii is a species of flowering plant in the family Campanulaceae, that is found only in the alpine zones of Mount Kenya, Mount Elgon, and the Aberdare Mountains of East Africa. It occurs at higher altitudes on well-drained sloped hillsides. It is a semelparous species, growing vegetatively for about 40 years and putting putting all its reproductive effort into producing single large inflorescence up to 3 metres (10 ft) tall before dying. Inflorescences of L. telekii also possesses a large pith-volume for internal water storage and marcescent foliage which could provide insulation.
Aloe rubroviolacea Schweinf. 1895
plant species in the asphodelaceae family
Aloe rubroviolacea (Arabian aloe), is a succulent plant with 2 foot wide rosettes of thick, blue-green leaves crowning a thick stem. This aloe comes from steep and rocky areas above 2100 meters elevation in the mountains of Yemen and Saudi Arabia on the Arabian Peninsula. Pups often making large clusters of plants. Hanging from rock cliffs older plants can grow stems over 3 meters in length. The species was first formally described by Schweinf in 1895.
Mimulopsis (Setyoots) Schweinf. 1868
plant genus in the acanthaceae family
Mimulopsis is a genus in the flowering plant family Acanthaceae with about 20 species native to tropical Africa and Madagascar.
Triticum dicoccoides (Wild Emmer) (Asch. & Graebn.) Schweinf. 1908
annual plant species in the poaceae family
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Aloe steudneri Schweinf. 1894
plant species in the asphodelaceae family
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Satanocrater Schweinf. 1868
plant genus in the acanthaceae family
Satanocrater (from σατανος‐, ‐κρατορας, meaning "devil's bowl") is a small genus of flowering plants in the family Acanthaceae, disjunctly distributed in Guinea in west Africa, and Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia and Sudan in east Africa. They are xerophytes, and either shrubs or perennial herbs.
Noaea mucronata (Short-pointed Saltwort) (Forssk.) Asch. & Schweinf. 1887
plant species in the amaranthaceae family
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Aloe schoelleri Schweinf. 1894
plant species in the asphodelaceae family
Aloe schoelleri is a species of Aloe native to Eritrea, on the cliffs above Amba Souara Gorge.
Aegilops longissima (Slender Goatgrass) Schweinf. & Muschl. 1912
annual plant species in the poaceae family
Aegilops longissima (syn. Aegilops sharonense Eig, Sitopsis longissima (Schweinf. & Muschl.) Á. Löve, Triticum longissimum (Schweinf. & Muschl.) Bowden, Triticum sharonense L.) is a species in the family Poaceae. It is native to the Levant & Egypt.
Tephrosia nana Kotschy ex Schweinf. 1868
annual and perennial plant species in the fabaceae family
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Pancratium sickenbergeri (Desert Pancratium) Asch. & Schweinf. 1882
plant species in the amaryllidaceae family
Pancratium sickenbergeri is a species of flowering plant in the Amaryllidaceae family. It is a Saharo-Arabian plant that grows in deserts, such as the Negev. It is native to Israel, Egypt, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, and Syria. The flowers look like the Mediterranean species Pancratium maritimum, but the leaves of P. sickenbergeri are curly and the plant is much smaller. Unusually for the desert, the seeds are distributed by floodwaters when they occur in the winter.
Nymphaea stuhlmannii (Engl.) Schweinf. & Gilg 1903
plant species in the nymphaeaceae family
Nymphaea stuhlmannii is a species of waterlily endemic to Tanzania.
Fadogia Schweinf. 1868
plant genus in the rubiaceae family
Fadogia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. The genera Rytigynia and Fadogia form a strongly supported clade but neither of these genera is monophyletic.
Mimulopsis solmsii (Setyoot) Schweinf. 1868
plant species in the acanthaceae family
Mimulopsis solmsii is a flowering plant from the family Acanthaceae. It is a native to the mountains of tropical Africa. It is the type species for the genus Mimulopsis.
Heliotropium riebeckii Schweinf. & Vierh. 1906
vulnerable plant species in the heliotropiaceae family
Heliotropium riebeckii is a species of plant in the family Heliotropiaceae. It is endemic to the island of Socotra in Yemen. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry shrubland and subtropical or tropical wet lowland grassland.
Dorstenia barnimiana Schweinf. 1862
plant species in the moraceae family
Dorstenia barnimiana is a very small tuberous succulent native widely across tropical Africa from Cameroon east to Zambia, and also in the southern Arabian Peninsula in Yemen. The variety D. b. var. tropaeolifolia, found across most of the species' area, is the smallest known member of the family Moraceae. It has a single peltate leaf 3 cm (1.2 in) diameter springing from a tiny tuber 16 mm thick, with the leaf's petiole being 4 cm (1.6 in) height. As with other Dorstenia species, the tiny flowers coat the upper surface of a disk-like inflorescence.
Schouwia purpurea (Forssk.) Schweinf. 1896
annual plant species in the brassicaceae family
Schouwia is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Brassicaceae. It only contains one known species, Schouwia purpurea (Forssk.) Schweinf. Its native range is Sahara and Sahel to the Arabian Peninsula (Palestine and Saudi Arabia). It is found in the African countries of Algeria, Burkina, Chad, Djibouti, Egypt, Ethiopia, Libya, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Niger, Somalia, Sudan, and Yemen. The genus name of Schouwia is in honour of Joakim Frederik Schouw (1789–1852), a Danish lawyer, botanist and politician. From 1821, he was a professor in botany at the University of
Polycarpaea repens (Forssk.) Asch. & Schweinf. 1889
perennial plant species in the caryophyllaceae family
Polycarpaea repens is a low-growing herbaceous plant belonging to the Caryophyllaceae family. It is indigenous to arid and semi-arid regions across North Africa, the Arabian Peninsula, and into Pakistan.
Ochna inermis (Boat-fruited Ochna) (Forssk.) Schweinf. 1912
plant species in the ochnaceae family
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Lifago Schweinf. & Muschl. 1911
plant genus in the asteraceae family
Lifago is a genus of flowering plants in the tribe Inuleae within the family Asteraceae. Species There is only one known species, Lifago dielsii, native to the western part of the Sahara Desert in Algeria and Morocco.
Kalanchoe deficiens (Forssk.) Asch. & Schweinf. 1887
perennial plant species in the crassulaceae family
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Euphorbia parciramulosa Schweinf. 1899
plant species in the euphorbiaceae family
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Dorstenia foetida (Grendelion) (Forssk.) Schweinf. 1896
plant species in the moraceae family
Dorstenia foetida, also known as grendelion, is a succulent plant in the genus Dorstenia, which is native to Eastern Africa and Arabia. It is a very variable species with a wide distribution.
Cymodocea rotundata (Cr) Asch. & Schweinf. 1870
plant species in the cymodoceaceae family
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Crotalaria barkae Schweinf. 1896
annual and perennial plant species in the fabaceae family
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Combretum hartmannianum Schweinf. 1867
vulnerable plant species in the combretaceae family
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