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Georg August Zenker

Georg August Zenker

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Georg August Zenker (11 June 1855, in Leipzig – 6 February 1922, in Bipindi) was a German gardener and naturalist.

He worked as a gardener at the botanical gardens in Leipzig and Naples, and in 1886, on behalf of the Italian government, traveled as a researcher to Africa. Subsequently, he was put in charge of the Sibange Farm, located near Libreville (Gabon), and later on, he worked as a preparator at Yaoundé Station in Kamerun. In 1895 he quit the colonial service and returned to Germany, but soon afterwards, he went back to Kamerun as a private citizen and established a plantation at Bipindi, where he grew coffee, cacao and rubber.[1]

During his many years spent in Kamerun, he amassed an enormous collection of botanical, zoological and ethnographic items. Unfortunately, his botanical specimens sent to Berlin were for the most part destroyed during World War II.[1] His name is associated with numerous plant and animal taxa; a few examples being:

The standard author abbreviation G.Zenker is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.[5]

References

  1. [1]
    Zenker, Georg August (1855-1922) JSTOR Global Plants
  2. [2]
    CRC World Dictionary of Plant Names: Common Names, Scientific Names, Eponyms ... by Umberto Quattrocchi
  3. [3]
    The Eponym Dictionary of Mammals by Bo Beolens, Michael Watkins, Michael Grayson
  4. [4]
    The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles by Bo Beolens, Michael Watkins, Michael Grayson
  5. [5]
    International Plant Names Index.  G.Zenker.
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