August Heintze

August Heintze
Born	26 September 1881 Skurup, Sweden
Died	6 May 1941(1941-05-06) (aged 59) Stockholm
Nationality	Swedish
Alma mater	Lund University
Scientific career
Fields	Botany
Author abbrev. (botany)	Heintze

(Sven) August Heintze (1881–1941) (sometimes spelled Heinze) was a Swedish botanist.

Life

Heintze was born on 26 September 1881 to Fredrik and Kerstin (née Svensson) Heintze in Skurup, Skåne. He had a younger sister, Anna Maria (b. 1889). He enrolled as a student at Lund University in 1901. He graduated in 1906, and earned his doctorate in 1913. His first position was as a teacher at Uddevalla kommunalgymnasium. Heintze died on 6 May 1941 in Stockholm, and is buried in the Skurups Norra Kyrkogård ("Skurup's Northern Cemetery").

He is known for his work on the classification of cormophytes, particularly the family Ranuculaceae.

Selected publications

Publications include:

• Heintze, August (1927). Cormofyternas Fylogeni (Phylogenie der cormophyten) (in Swedish). Lund: Håkan Ohlssons boktryckeri. Retrieved 10 January 2016. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help) (Cormofyt. Fylog.) (Abstract in German.)
• Heintze, August. (1932–1935) Handbuch der Verbreitungsökologie der Pflanzen. Stockholm, Selbstverlag (in German)
• Heintze, August. (1908) Växtgeografiska anteckningar från ett par färder genom Skibottendalen i Tromsö amt. Arkiv Bot. v 7 no 11 (in Swedish)
• Heintze, August. (1913) Växttopografiska undersökningar i Åsele Lappmarks fjälltrakter. I–II Arkiv Bot. v 12 no 11; v 13 no 5 (in Swedish)
• Heintze, August. (1909) Växtgeografiska undersökningar i Råne socken af Norrbottens län. Arkiv Bot. v 9 no 8 (in Swedish)

Legacy

Published names include:

• Burmanniales Heintze, Cormofyt. Fylog.: 159 1927.
  • Burmanniidae Heintze, Cormofyt. Fylog.: 10. 1927.
• Marattiophyta Heintze, Cormofyt. Fylog.: 22. 1927.
• Orchididae Heintze, Cormofyt. Fylog.: 10. 1927.
• Oxalidales Heintze, Cormofyt. Fylog.: 13, 126 1927.
• Paeoniales Heintze, Cormofyt. Fylog.: 12. 1927
• Psilotophyta Heintze, Cormofyt. Fylog.: 22. 1927.
• Ranunculaceae subfam. Thalictroideae Heintze, Cormofyt. Fylog.: 103 1927.
  • Trolliinae Heintze, Cormfyt. Fylog.: 103. 1927

Bibliography

• "Heintze, Sven August". Harvard University Herbaria & Libraries: Index of Botanists. 2015. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |url= (help)
• Erdtman, Gunnar (1945). "August Heintze 26.9 1881-6.5 1941. Några minnesord" [A remembrance]. Svensk Bot. Tidskr. (in Swedish). 39 (4): 441–444. {{cite journal}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)
• "Sven August Heintze". Geni. 2 March 2014. Retrieved 13 January 2016.
• "Sven August Heintze". Gravar.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 13 January 2016.
• Wieselgren, Oscar Harald, ed. (1946). Svenska män och kvinnor: biografisk uppslagsbok, Volume 3 (in Swedish). Stockholm: Bonnier. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)
• Krok, Thorgny Ossian Bolivar Napoleon; Aulin, Fredrik Rutger; Lindman, Carl Axel Magnus, eds. (1925). Bibliotheca botanica Suecana: ab antiquissimis temporibus ad finem anni MCMXVIII. Uppsala: Almqvist & Wiksell. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)
• "LIBRIS". National Library of Sweden. Retrieved 14 January 2016.
• Kubitzki, Klaus; Bayer, Clemens, eds. (2003). The families and genera of vascular plants. Vol.5. Flowering plants. Dicotyledons: Malvales, Capparales and Non-betalain Caryophyllales. Berlin, Germany: Springer-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-662-07255-4. Retrieved 14 January 2016. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help); Unknown parameter |editorlink1= ignored (|editor-link1= suggested) (help)
• Kumazawa, Masao (1938). "Systematic and Phylogenetic Consideration of the Ranunculaceae and Berberidaceae". Shokubutsugaku Zasshi. 52 (613): 9–15. doi:10.15281/jplantres1887.52.9. {{cite journal}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)
• Reveal, James L (20 July 2000). "Latest NEWS on Vascular Plant Family Nomenclature". Plant systematics. University of Maryland: Norton-Brown Herbarium. Retrieved 14 January 2016. {{cite web}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)