Friedrich Leybold

Friedrich Leybold (29 September 1827, Grossköllenbach (Bavaria) – 31 December 1879, Santiago de Chile) was a German-Chilean pharmacist and naturalist.

He provided descriptions for a number of botanical species and is the taxonomic authority of the family Tecophilaeaceae.

[3] He was author of a monograph on the botanical order Salicineae that became part of the "Flora Brasiliensis" series.

[5] When he was better off economically, he set off on numerous journeys to the Chilean and Argentine Cordilleras for research purposes, following his passion.

For the war between Chile, Peru and Bolivia, he wanted to supply a solid meat broth in canned goods for the army, but the negotiations and the deal fell through.

Sephanoides fernandensis leyboldi ; from Gould's 'A Monograph of the Trochilidae or Family of Hummingbirds'.