Wilhelm Vischer

Swiss botanist (1890-1960).

Wilhelm Vischer (5 January 1890 in Basel – 2 June 1960 in Basel) was a Swiss botanist whose areas of interest were algae and spermatophytes. He studied medicine in Geneva and Basel, and natural sciences in Munich, where in 1914 he obtained his PhD. At the University of Munich, he was a student of Karl Ritter von Goebel. Following graduation, with Robert Hippolyte Chodat, he participated in a botanical excursion to Paraguay. After his return to Switzerland, he spent several years in Geneva (1914–1919), working on plants that were collected in Paraguay. Beginning in 1919 he worked as a botanist

Abbreviations: Vischer
Occupations: university teacher, environmentalist, botanist
Citizenships: Switzerland, Paraguay
Languages: German, French
Dates: 1890-01-01T00:00:00Z – 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z
Birth place: Basel
Direct attributions: 13 plants, 0 fungi
Authorship mentions: 14 plants, 0 fungi

13 plants attributed, 1 plant contributed to14 plants:

Quararibea funebris (Funeral Tree) (La Llave) Vischer 1920
plant species in the malvaceae family
Quararibea funebris has common names including huyu (Maya), flor de cacao, madre de cacao, coco mama, swizzle stick tree, cacahuaxochitl or cacaoxochitl, (Nahuatl = chocolate flower) rosa de cacao, rosita de cacao, tepecacao, funeral tree, flor de tejate and tejate. It is a tree native to Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico and Nicaragua. This plant is used as a medicinal plant, and the flowers as one of the essential ingredients in the traditional chocolate-maize drink known as tejate. The twigs also have some of the distinctive flavour and are used for mixing and
Apinagia yguazuensis Chodat & Vischer 1917
plant species in the podostemaceae family
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Spongioplastidium Vischer, 1933 1933
plant genus in the trentepohliaceae family
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Pseudendocloniopsis Vischer, 1933 1933
plant genus in the ulotrichaceae family
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Prasiolopsis Vischer, 1953 1953
plant genus in the prasiolaceae family
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Prasiococcus Vischer, 1953 1953
plant genus in the prasiolaceae family
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Philodendron petraeum Chodat & Vischer 1920
plant species in the araceae family
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Jaagiella Vischer, 1960 1960
plant genus in the chaetophoraceae family
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Jaagia Vischer, 1950 1950
plant genus in the oocystaceae family
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Dictyochloris Vischer, 1945 1945
plant genus
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Chlorosphaeropsis Vischer, 1933 1933
plant genus in the chlorosarcinaceae family
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Cedercreutziella Vischer, 1960 1960
plant genus in the chaetophoraceae family
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Caespitella Vischer, 1933 1933
plant genus in the chaetophoraceae family
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Thaumatophyllum petraeum (Chodat & Vischer) Sakur., Calazans & Mayo 2018
plant species in the araceae family
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