Georg Wilhelm Steller

Explorer and zoologist famous for discovering steller's sea lion.

Georg Wilhelm Steller (10 March 1709 – 14 November 1746) was a German-born naturalist and explorer who contributed to the fields of biology, zoology, and ethnography. He participated in the Great Northern Expedition (1733–1743) and his observations of the natural world helped the exploration and documentation of the flora and fauna of the North Pacific region. Steller pursued studies in theology and medicine before turning his attention to the natural sciences. In 1734, he joined the Russian Academy of Sciences as a physician, eventually being selected to accompany Bering's expedition to the u

Abbreviations: Steller
Occupations: scientific collector, physician, ornithologist, geologist, explorer, botanist, naturalist, botanical collector, anthropologist
Citizenships: Russian Empire, Holy Roman Empire
Languages: Latin, German
Dates: 1709-03-10T00:00:00Z – 1746-11-12T00:00:00Z
Birth place: Bad Windsheim
Direct attributions: 2 plants, 0 fungi
Authorship mentions: 3 plants, 0 fungi

2 plants attributed, 1 plant contributed to3 plants:

Fumaria cucullaria Steller
plant species in the papaveraceae family
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Cornus herbacea Steller
plant species in the cornaceae family
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Galium kamtschaticum (Boreal Bedstraw) Steller ex Schult. & Schult.f. 1827
perennial plant species in the rubiaceae family
Galium kamtschaticum, known as Kamchatka bedstraw or boreal bedstraw, is a plant species in the Rubiaceae, named for the Kamchatka Peninsula on the Pacific Coast of Russia. The species is native to northeastern Asia and northern North America: Russia (Kamchatka, Sakhalin Island, and Kuril Islands), northeastern China (Heilongjiang, Jilin), Korea, Japan, Alaska (including the Aleutians), Canada (Yukon, Northwest Territories, British Columbia, Quebec, Ontario, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick), and the northern part of the contiguous United States (Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, New
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