Johann Jacob Dillenius

German botanist (1684-1747).

Johann Jacob Dillen Dillenius (1684 – 2 April 1747) was a German botanist. He is known for his Hortus Elthamensis ("Eltham Garden") on the rare plants around Eltham, London, and for his Historia muscorum ("History of Mosses"), a natural history of lower plants including mosses, liverworts, hornworts, lycopods, algae, lichens and fungi.

Abbreviations: Dill.
Occupations: university teacher, scientific collector, pteridologist, mycologist, bryologist, botanist, botanical collector
Citizenships: Landgraviate of Hesse-Darmstadt, Kingdom of Great Britain
Languages: Latin
Dates: 1684-12-12T00:00:00Z – 1747-04-02T00:00:00Z
Birth place: Darmstadt
Authorship mentions: 5 plants, 6 fungi

5 plants contributed to5 plants:

Pancratium Dill. ex L. 1753
plant genus in the amaryllidaceae family
Pancratium is a genus of African and Eurasian perennial, herbaceous and bulbous plants in the Amaryllis family, subfamily Amaryllidoideae
Holosteum (Jagged Chickweeds) Dill. ex L. 1753
plant genus in the caryophyllaceae family
Holosteum is a genus of plants in the family Caryophyllaceae with 3 or 4 species native from southern Europe through central and south western Asia and in Africa. They are herbs with an annual life span, some growing as winter annuals. They have slender roots and thin stems that are upright or ascending. The genus name was given by Linnaeus, and named because of the sprawling nature of the plants: Greek holos, meaning whole or all, and osteon, meaning bone, because of the frailty of the plant. Flowers are bisexual but sometimes also unisexual and pistillate. Flowers are hypogynous, have 5
Malvaviscus arboreus (Wax Mallow) Dill. ex Cav. 1787
plant species in the malvaceae family
Malvaviscus arboreus is a species of flowering plant in the hibiscus family, Malvaceae, that is native to the American South, Mexico, Central America, and South America. The specific name, arboreus, refers to the tree-like appearance of a mature plant. It is now popular in cultivation and goes by many English names including wax mallow, Turk's cap (mallow), Turk's turban, sleeping hibiscus, manzanilla, manzanita (de pollo), ladies teardrop and Scotchman's purse; many of these common names refer to other, in some cases unrelated, plants. Its flowers do not open fully and help attract
Diphasiastrum digitatum (Southern Running-pine) (Dill. ex A.Braun) Holub 1975
plant species in the lycopodiaceae family
Diphasiastrum digitatum is known as groundcedar, running cedar or crowsfoot, along with other members of its genus, but the common name fan clubmoss can be used to refer to it specifically. It is the most common species of Diphasiastrum in North America. It is a type of plant known as a clubmoss, which is within one of the three main divisions of living vascular plants. It was formerly included in the superspecies Diphasiastrum complanatum. For many years, this species was known as Lycopodium flabelliforme or Lycopodium digitatum. Its common name is due to its resemblance to cedar boughs
Lycopodium digitatum (Fan Clubmoss) Dill. ex A.Braun 1848
plant species in the lycopodiaceae family
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