Johann Friedrich Klotzsch
Botanist, Deceased Person
1805 – 1860
Who was Johann Friedrich Klotzsch?
Johann Friedrich Klotzsch was a German pharmacist and botanist.
His principal work was in the field of mycology, with the study and description of many species of mushroom.
Originally trained as a pharmacist, he later enrolled in pharmaceutical and botanical studies in Berlin. In 1830–32 he was curator of William Jackson Hooker's herbarium at Glasgow University. Beginning in 1834 he collected plants in Saxony, Bohemia, Austria, Styria and possibly Hungary. In 1838 he replaced Adelbert von Chamisso as curator and director of the Royal Herbarium in Berlin.
The plant genus Klotzschia from the family Apiaceae is named in his honour.
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