Maximilian Leichtlin (20 October 1831, Karlsruhe – 3 September 1910, Baden-Baden) was a German horticulturalist. He took a special interest in lilies and irises.
Leichtlin was born in Karlsruhe and went to the polytechnic school. From 1846 he was trained as a gardener in Karlsruhe Botanical Garden and subsequently worked at several sites in Europe (including Frankfurt-am-Main, Bollweiler, Ghent, and the Royal School of Gardening at Potsdam), then spent several years engaged in travels. After returning from South America in 1856, he worked for two years at the Van Houtte nursery in Ghent. He then spent the next sixteen years working with his brothers in a paper manufacturing business. In 1873, he relocated to Baden-Baden, where he founded a botanical garden. He specialized in the cultivation and propagation of bulbous plants (lilies, tulips, irises and alliums).Garden and Forest, Volume 5 edited by Charles Sprague Sargent
Botanical taxa with the specific epithet of leichtlinii commemorate his name,A Gardener's Handbook of Plant Names: Their Meanings and Origins by Archibald William Smith two examples being, Camassia leichtlinii (great camas) and Calochortus leichtlinii (Leichtlin's mariposa).
Associated writings Pflanzen-Sammlung des Leichtlin'schen Gartens in Baden-Baden (1873 –).Biodiversity Heritage Library Pflanzen-Sammlung des Leichtlin'schen Gartens in Baden-Baden "The plantsman of Baden : Maximilian Leichtlin 1831-1910", by Audrey Le Lievre.OCLC WorldCat The plantsman of Baden : Maximilian Leichtlin 1831-1910
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