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3 unusual facts about Georg Wilhelm Schimper


Georg Wilhelm Schimper

Dejazmach Wube had him marry Mirritsit, a woman from a prominent family in Adwa, who bore him several children.

The species epithet schimperiana is attached to a number of plants; a few examples being Habenaria schimperiana, Pyrrosia schimperiana, Festuca schimperiana and Kalanchoe schimperiana.

Schimper

Georg Wilhelm Schimper (1804–1878), German botanist and naturalist, born in Reichenschwand



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