- Karl Moritz Schumann
Karl Moritz Schumann (*
17 June 1851 inGörlitz ; †22 March 1904 inBerlin ) was a Germanbotanist .Dr. Schumann was the curator of the Botanisches Museumin Berlin-Dahlem from 1880 until 1894. He also served as the first chairman of the "Deutsche Kakteen-Gesellschaft" (German Cactus Society) which he founded November 6, 1892.
Karl Moritz Schumann participated as a collaborator in "Die natürlichen Pflanzenfamilien" by
Adolf Engler andK. A. E. Prantl and in "Flora Brasiliensis" byCarl Friedrich Philipp von Martius .The genera "
Schumannianthus " Gagnepain, "Schumanniophyton " Harms, "Schumannia" Kuntze and several species were named after him, including "Cycas schumanniana ", "Mammillaria schumannii " and "Notocactus schumannianus ".Bibliography
* Schumann, K. M., "Gesamtbeschreibung der Kakteen" (Complete description of Cactuses), 1898.
* Schumann, K. M. "et al", "Kakteen (Iconographia Cactacearum) im Auftrage der Deutschen Kakteen-Gesellschaft", 1900-1921.
* Schumann, K. M., "Praktikum für morphologische und systematische Botanik", 1904.External links
* [http://www.emuench.de/eMexikon4/K-Sch.htm Mexikon] — brief biography and picture.
* [http://www.deutschekakteengesellschaft.de/ Deutsche Kakteen Gesellschaft]
* [http://brimsa.huh.harvard.edu/cms-wb/botanists.jsp?id=100511 Harvard University Herbaria entry]
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