Johann Friedrich Gmelin - Legacy

Legacy

The Artemisia plant Gmelin's Wormwood or Artemisia gmelinii is named after him.

Among his students were Georg Friedrich Hildebrandt, Carl Friedrich Kielmeyer, Friedrich Stromeyer and Wilhelm August Lampadius. He was the father of Leopold Gmelin.

He discovered the Redfin Pickerel in 1789.

In the scientific field of herpetology he described many new species of amphibians and reptiles.

In the field of malacology he described and named many species of gastropods.

The standard author abbreviation J.F.Gmel. is used to indicate this individual as the author when citing a botanical name.

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