George Engelmann (also known as Georg Engelmann) was a German-Americanbotanist. He was born on 2 February1809 in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, and died on 4 February1884 in St. Louis, Missouri, USA. He was instrumental in describing the flora of the west of North America, then very poorly-known; he was particularly active in the Rocky Mountains and northern Mexico. George Engelmann. ... George Engelmann. ... Botany is the scientific study of plant life. ... February 2 is the 33rd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1809 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... Frankfurt am Main [ˈfraŋkfʊrt] is the largest city in the German state of Hessen and the fifth largest city of Germany. ... February 4 is the 35th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1884 is a leap year starting on Tuesday (click on link to calendar). ... The Gateway Arch, shown here behind the Old Courthouse, is the most recognizable part of the St. ... Official language(s) English Capital Jefferson City Largest city Kansas City Area - Total - Width - Length - % water - Latitude - Longitude Ranked 21st 69,709 mi²; 180,693 km² 240 mi; 385 km 300 mi; 480 km 1. ... In Botany a Flora (or Floræ) is a collective term for plant life and can also refer to a descriptive catalogue of the plants of any geographical area, geological period, etc. ... World map showing North America A satellite composite image of North America. ... White Goat Wilderness Area, Alberta, Canada The Rocky Mountains, often called the Rockies, are a broad mountain range in western North America. ...
His legacy helped found the Missouri Botanical Garden. Categories: US geography stubs | Botanical gardens | Missouri landmarks | Saint Louis, Missouri ...
He is comemmorated in the names of several plants, including Engelmann SprucePicea engelmannii and Apache PinePinus engelmannii. Divisions Land plants (embryophytes) Non-vascular plants (bryophytes) Marchantiophyta - liverworts Anthocerotophyta - hornworts Bryophyta - mosses Vascular plants (tracheophytes) Lycopodiophyta - clubmosses Equisetophyta - horsetails Pteridophyta - true ferns Psilotophyta - whisk ferns Ophioglossophyta - adderstongues Seed plants (spermatophytes) †Pteridospermatophyta - seed ferns Pinophyta - conifers Cycadophyta - cycads Ginkgophyta - ginkgo Gnetophyta - gnetae Magnoliophyta - flowering plants Adiantum pedatum (a fern... Binomial name Picea engelmannii Parry ex Engelm. ... Binomial name Pinus engelmannii The Apache Pine (Pinus engelmannii) is a tree of Northern Mexico, in the Sierra Madre Occidental with its range extending a short distance into the United States in southwestern New Mexico and southeastern Arizona. ...
The standard botanical author abbreviation Engelm. is applied to plants described by this botanist, who should also appear on this list.
Engelmann's botanical collection, valuable as containing the original specimens from which many or most of our western plants have been named and described, will be given to Shaw's botanical garden as soon as a fireproof building can be erected.
His son, George Julius, physician, born in St. Louis, Missouri, 2 July 1847, was graduated with the valedictory at Washington University in 1867, then studied at the universities of Thbingen, Vienna, Paris, and received his medical degree at Berlin in 1871.
However, Engelmann also was instrumental in arranging for various botanists to accompany more than 30 expeditions to the western United States, and it was the wealth of specimens he accumulated on these trips that made him an expert on western American flora.
Perhaps Engelmann's most enduring contribution to botany was his large role in the founding of the Missouri Botanical Garden, and especially of its famous library and herbarium, which are today among the biggest and best botanical research facilities in the world.
Engelmann convinced him to include a museum in the initial plans and to provide funds for trips to Europe, where he purchased large quantities of books and specimens that are still an important part of the Garden's research program today.
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