Biography

Wilhelm Kalbreyer, German-born Colombian plant collector, gardener and nurseryman (1847 – Bogotá 1912)

From his collections in West Africa and Colombia discovered: 

Anthurium veitchii 1880

Pachystoma thompsonianum Reichenbach 1879

20 new species and varieties of ferns described by John Baker (1881)

17 new species of Aiphanes described by Max Burret (1932)

At least 10 new plant species that bears his name

HONORS

Kalbreyeriella Lindau 1922 (Acanthaceae)