Karl Moritz Schumann

Botanist, Deceased Person

1851 – 1904

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Who was Karl Moritz Schumann?

Karl Moritz Schumann was a German botanist.

Dr. Schumann was the curator of the Botanisches Museum in Berlin-Dahlem from 1880 until 1894. He also served as the first chairman of the Deutsche Kakteen-Gesellschaft which he founded November 6, 1892.

Karl Moritz Schumann participated as a collaborator in Die natürlichen Pflanzenfamilien by Adolf Engler and K. A. E. Prantl and in Flora Brasiliensis by Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius.

The genera Schumannianthus, Schumanniophyton, Schumannia and several species were named after him, including:

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Born
Jun 17, 1851
Görlitz
Nationality
  • Germany
Profession
Died
Mar 22, 1904
Berlin

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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