Johann Christoph Wendland (July 17, 1755 - July 27, 1828) was a German botanist and gardener who was a native of Petit-Landau, Alsace. His son- Heinrich Ludolph Wendland (1791-1869) and his grandson- Hermann Wendland (1825-1903) were also gardeners and botanists.
As a young man he received an education in horticulture at the nursery of Karlsruhe Palace. In 1780 he became a gardener at Herrenhausen Gardens in Hanover, where he gained botanical experience from Jakob Friedrich Ehrhart (1742-1795), who was director of the gardens.
In 1817 Wendland was appointed inspector at Herrenhausen Gardens. He specialized in the culture of vineyards and peach trees, and also created the illustrations in his published works.
Selected publications
- Hortus Herrenhusanus, 1788-1801
- Verzeichnis der Glas- und Treibhauspflanzen des Königlichen Berggartens zu Herrenhausen (List of Glass and Greenhouse Plants of the Herrenhausen Gardens), 1797
- Botanische Beobachtungen nebst einigen neuen Gattungen und Arten (Botanical Observations including some New Genera and Species), 1798
- Ericarum icones et descriptiones; (26 issues)- 1798-1823
- Collectio plantarum tam exoticarum quam indigenarum; 3 volumes until 1819.
References
- This article is based on a translation of an article from the German Wikipedia.
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