Gérard Daniel Westendorp (8 March 1813, The Hague – 31 January 1869, Dendermonde) was a Dutch born, Belgian military medical doctor and botanist.
He studied medicine at the Ecole de Médecine de Bruxelles, later working as a student-physician in Antwerp. Around 1834, he became a naturalized citizen of Belgium, subsequently serving as an assistant army and navy physician, later spending his career as a "regular doctor" in the Belgian army.Biodiversity Heritage Library Taxonomic literature : a selective guide to botanical publicationsRevue du Cercle de Mycologie de Bruxelles Quelques grandes figures de la mycologie belge par André Fraiture
As a botanist, he specialized in cryptogamic flora, being the co-publisher (with A.C.F. Wallays) of a cryptogamic exsiccata series of Belgium. He also made significant contributions towards the "Prodromus Florae Batavae" project (1850–1866). In the field of zoology, he published a treatise on Bryozoa and sponges of Belgium.JSTOR Global Plants (biographical information)
Westendorp's botanical specimens are preserved in the Jardin Botanique National de Belgique.
Selected works Herbier cryptogamique, ou, Collection des plantes cryptogames et agames qui croissent en Belgique, 1845-1859 (exsiccata series; starting with 1849 together with A.C.F. Wallays).Triebel, D. & Scholz, P. 2001–2024 IndExs – Index of Exsiccatae. – Botanische Staatssammlung München: http://indexs.botanischestaatssammlung.de. – München, Germany. Notices sur quelques cryptogames, 1851–1863. Polypiers flexibles de la Belgique. Collection des bryozaires, sertulaires, flustres & spongiaires qu'on rencontre en Belgique, et particuliérement aux environs d'Ostende, 1853. Les cryptogames : classes d'apres leurs stations naturelles, 1854. Description de quelques Cryptogames inédites ou nouvelles pour la flore des deux Flandres, 1863.WorldCat Search (publications)
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