Wilhelm Christian Hochstetter

Wilhelm Christian Hochstetter (born March 4, 1825 in Esslingen, Germany) was a German botanist and university gardener and inspector of the botanical garden in Tübingen. His official botanical author's slogan is "W.Hochst."

He was the son of Christian Ferdinand Friedrich Hochstetter. From him came books on conifers, and he published about the Amazonian Riesenseerose (Victoria regia), whose multiplication succeeded him in Tübingen. He introduced the family Araucaria Family with Henkel. Edit source text Weblinks Edit sourcetext Standard data (person): GND: 10277191X (PICA, AKS) | VIAF: 32395017 | Wikipedia People Search

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