Casimir Christoph Schmidel

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Casimir Christoph Schmidel (born 21 November 1718 in Bayreuth, Germany, died 18 December 1792 in Ansbach, Germany) was a naturalist of the 18th century who researched in botany and mineralogy.

Among genera he named are the flowering plant genera Penstemon and Proboscidea and the fern genus Thelypteris . Among species he described are the red alga Dilsea carnosa

Standard author abbreviation

The standard author abbreviation Schmidel is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name. [1]



  1. IPNI.  Schmidel.

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