Eduard Winker

German botanist, educator, and scholar based in Leipzig, best known for his richly illustrated botanical manuals designed for students, pharmacists, and naturalists. He taught botany in Leipzig and published extensively on toxic, medicinal, and pharmaceutical plants, including works such as Sämmtliche Giftgewächse Deutschlands (1831), Sämmtliche Arzneigewächse Deutschlands (1831–34), and Pharmaceutische Waarenkunde (1849–52), which featured hand-colored lithographs and accessible scientific text. His contributions were both scientific and artistic, with his detailed illustrations remaining prized by collectors and institutions. In botanical nomenclature, he is cited by the author abbreviation “Winkl.”, and the now-synonymized genus Winkleria was named in his honor.