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Simon Schwendener

Swiss botanist (1829-1919)

  • Fame43.8
  • Momentum1.4
  • Wikipedia274
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Lived 1829–1919, aged 90Switzerland
SwitzerlandSwitzerlandScientistsScientist
  • Wikipedia
    14 languages
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  • Era
    1829–1919
    Aged 90
  • Awards
    4
    recognised works
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Updated 2026-06-21

Simon Schwendener was a Swiss botanist known for his investigations of plant anatomy and physiology. In 1867, he proposed that lichens are composite organisms formed by a symbiotic association between a fungus and an alga, a view that was initially controversial but later confirmed.

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