Karl Suessenguth
Karl Suessenguth (22 June 1893, Münnerstadt – 7 April 1955, Ischia) was a German botanist.
He studied under Karl Ritter von Goebel at the University of Munich, where in 1927 he became a professor of botany. From 1927 to 1955 he was curator of the Botanische Staatssammlung München.[1] The standard author abbreviation Suess. is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.[2]
As a taxonomist, he classified many plants within the family Amaranthaceae.[3] The botanical genera Suessenguthia (family Acanthaceae) and Suessenguthiella (family Molluginaceae) commemorate his name.[1][4]
Written works
[edit]He was an editor of the multi-volume Illustrierte Flora von Mittel-Europa (Illustrated Flora of Central Europe) and the author of the following works:
- "Amarantaceae of southeastern Polynesia" (in English) Honolulu, Hawaii, The Museum, 1936.
- Neue Ziele der Botanik, 1938 – New objectives of botany.
- Ueber einige amerikanische "Amarantaceae" und "Rhamnaceae", 1939 – On American Amarantaceae und Rhamnaceae.
- Mitteilungen Der Botanischen Staatssammlung München (as editor) – Journal of the Botanische Staatssammlung München.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ a b CRC World Dictionary of Plant Names: Common Names, Scientific Names, Eponyms by Umberto Quattrocchi
- ^ International Plant Names Index. Suess.
- ^ IPNI List of botanical taxa described and co-described by Suessenguth
- ^ Plant Names P-Z at Calflora.net
- ^ Google Search published works
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