Frédéric Albert Constantin Weber

Frédéric Albert Constantin Weber (17 May 1830 in Wolfisheim – 27 July 1903 in Paris) was a French botanist, who specialized in Cactaceae.

In 1852 he received his medical doctorate from the University of Strasbourg with the thesis De l'hémorrhagie des méninges cérébrales.¹ In 1864–67 he served as a military physician on a French military expedition in Mexico.

He is the taxonomic author or co-author of many species of cacti. He also described a few species of agave, including Agave tequilana, the tequila agave (1902).²³ The genus Weberocereus commemorates his name.⁴

References

De l'hémorrhagie des méninges cérébrales SUDOC
Agave tequilana F.A.C. Weber ITIS Report
IPNI List of taxa described and co-described by Weber.
Etymological Dictionary of Succulent Plant Names by Urs Eggli, Leonard E. Newton
International Plant Names Index. F.A.C.Weber.

[1] De l'hémorrhagie des méninges cérébrales SUDOC

[2] Agave tequilana F.A.C. Weber ITIS Report

[3] IPNI List of taxa described and co-described by Weber.

[4] Etymological Dictionary of Succulent Plant Names by Urs Eggli, Leonard E. Newton

[5] International Plant Names Index. F.A.C.Weber.

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