denoted by the author abbreviation Wedd. when citing a botanical name. Publications Histoire naturelle des quinquinas (1849) - monograph describing the Cinchona plant Additions à la flore de l’Amérique du Sud (1850) - which gives the history of his first trip to South America. Voyage dans la Nord de la Bolivie (1853) - which describes his second trip to South America. Chloris andina: essai d’une flore de la region alpine des Cordillères de l’Amérique du Sud (two volumes) (1855-1861) - it constitutes the sixth part of Francis de Castelnau’s Expédition dans les parties centrals de l’Amérique du Sud (1850-1859). References Rare books from the Missouri Botanical Garden Library: Hugh Algernon Weddell Botanists with author abbreviations 1819 births 1877 deaths 19th-century French botanists Quinine People from Painswick Lycée Henri-IV alumni