Franz Xaver von Wulfen
Austrian botanist, zoologist, mineralogist, alpinist and Jesuit priest / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Franz Xaver Freiherr von Wulfen (5 November 1728 ā 17 March 1805) was an Austrian botanist, zoologist, mineralogist, alpinist, and Jesuit priest. He is credited with discovering the flowering plants Wulfenia carinthiaca, Saxifraga moschata, and Stellaria bulbosa. In 1845 the lead molybdate mineral wulfenite was named in his honor by Wilhelm Karl von Haidinger.[1][2]