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Hedwig, Johann

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Hedwig, Johann (yō`hän hāt`vĭkh), 1730–99, German botanist, b. Transylvania. He was an authority on the lower plants, especially mosses, and was professor at the Univ. of Leipzig from 1786. The moss genus Hedwigia is named for him.


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