Karl Otto von Seemen
Appearance
Karl Otto von Seemen (24 March 1838 - 20 September 1910) was a German botanist and horticulturalist. He is noted for his studies of plants in the south of Africa.
Plants studied
According to the International Plant Names Index (IPNI) some 109 plant names were published by Seemen, including species of Castanopsis, Fagus, Pyrola, Quercus and Salix [1]
Selected species
- (Caprifoliaceae) Viburnum (sect. Oreinotinus) seemenii Graebn.[2]
- (Potamogetonaceae) Potamogeton seemenii Asch. & Graebn.[3]
- (Ranunculaceae) Anemonoides × seemenii (Camus) Holub[4]
- (Salicaceae) Salix seemenii B.Fedtsch.[5]
Publications
1903. Salices Japonicæ, &c. (Leipzig, Gebrüder Borntraeger) 83 pp.[6]
References
- ^ Seemen, Karl Otto von (1838-1910) www.ipni.org, accessed 1 October 2020
- ^ Botanische Jahrbücher fur Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie xxxvii. p.435. 1906 (IK)
- ^ Synopsis der mitteleuropaïschen flora, Ascherson & Graebner, i. p.335. (IK)
- ^ Folia Geobot. Phytotax. 18(2): 206. 1983 (IK)
- ^ Rastit. Turkest. 298. 1915 (IK)
- ^ Salices Japonicae www.worldcat.org, accessed 1 October 2020