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Theodor Dorsten
German botanist and physician / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Theodor Dorsten (Latin:Theodoricus Dorstenius) (Dorsten, 1492-Kassel, 18 May 1552) was a German botanist and physician.[1] The genus Dorstenia was named in his honor,[2] a name later used by used by Carl Linnaeus[3] and others.
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