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Index of Botanists

NameNiedzwetsky, Vladislav E.
Date of birth1855
Date of death1918
Remarks"Mr. Niedzwetsky was a lawyer, an exile and an enthusiastic amateur horticulturist who found the apple in the high mountains between China and Russian Turkestan (vide N.E. Hansen, The Minnesota Horticulturist 28: 466-471. Dec 1900; vide James L. Reveal (BH)). Collection: W. Niedzwetzky 192 (LE) (Mem. Soc. Fauna Fl. Fennica 87: 57-58. 2011); Eponymy: Malus niedzwetzkyana Dieck, Neuheit.-Off. Zoschen 1891: 16. 1891 (as "medwietzkyana"). "Collected and sent seeds of: Ulmus pumila var arborea, Ulmus pumila var arborea 'Aurescens', Malus niedzwieckyana apple, (named for him), to Georg Dieck, Zoschen Arboretum" (vide Andrew Brookes)
GUIDhttp://purl.oclc.org/net/edu.harvard.huh/guid/uuid/6b9eabac-0d9b-4244-b769-23f8b084c60c
Variant nameMedwietzky
Variant nameNiedzwetsky, W.
Standard/Label NameV. E. Niedzwetsky
Full NameNiedzwetsky, Vladislav E.
Geography CollectorTurkmenistan
Specialty CollectorPhanerogams
Citation as CollectorVariant names discussion by: Skeels, Bull. U.S.D.A. Bur. Pl. Industr. 207: 63. 1911
Citation as CollectorCollector's full name & Dates (birth & death) from: Andrew Brookes (University of Portsmouth, U.K.)

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