George Heinrich Adolf Scheele

George Heinrich Adolf Scheele (1808–1864) was a German botanist and 19th century explorer.

He was an expert on spermatophytes[1]

Scheele was the first person to classify Cucurbita texana.

California

An important part of his botanical specimen collections are stored in the Herbarium of the California Academy of Sciences in San Francisco, California.

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References
  1. "SCHEELE, George Heinrich Adolf". University of Coimbra Herbarium. Retrieved September 8, 2013.
  2. International Plant Names Index.  Scheele.
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