Alexander Bunge
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Alexander Georg von Bunge (Russian: Aleksandr Andreevich von Bunge, Алекса́ндр Андре́евич Бу́нге; September 29, 1803 – June 7, 1890) was a Baltic German botanist. He was a professor of botany at the University of Tartu, and was director of the department from 1842 until 1844. He undertook many scientific expeditions into Asia and especially Siberia.
His son Alexander von Bunge (1851–1930) was a zoologist and explorer.
[edit] Commemoration
- Taxons
- Genus Bungea from family Orobanchaceae
- Pulsatilla bungeana from genus Pulsatilla
- Euonymus bungeanus from genus Euonymus
- Allium bungei from genus Allium
- Pinus bungeana from genus Pinus
- Fraxinus bungeana from genus Fraxinus
- Clerodendrum bungei from genus Clerodendrum
- Catalpa bungei from genus Catalpa
- Places
Bunge Land in the New Siberian Islands and a crater on Mars were named after him.
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