Frédéric_Albert_Constantin_Weber

Frédéric Albert Constantin Weber

Frédéric Albert Constantin Weber

French botanist

Frédéric Albert Constantin Weber (17 May 1830 in Wolfisheim – 27 July 1903 in Paris) was a French botanist, who specialized in Cactaceae.

In 1852 he received his medical doctorate from the University of Strasbourg with the thesis De l'hémorrhagie des méninges cérébrales.[1] In 1864–67 he served as a military physician on a French military expedition in Mexico.

He is the taxonomic author or co-author of many species of cacti. He also described a few species of agave, including Agave tequilana, the tequila agave (1902).[2][3] The genus Weberocereus commemorates his name.[4]

The standard author abbreviation F.A.C.Weber is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.[5]

References

  1. [1]
    De l'hémorrhagie des méninges cérébrales SUDOC
  2. [2]
    Agave tequilana F.A.C. Weber ITIS Report
  3. [3]
    IPNI List of taxa described and co-described by Weber.
  4. [4]
    Etymological Dictionary of Succulent Plant Names by Urs Eggli, Leonard E. Newton
  5. [5]
    International Plant Names Index.  F.A.C.Weber.


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