Johannes Abromeit (17 February 1857 – 19 January 1946) was a German

botanist Botany, also called plant science, is the branch of natural science and biology studying plants, especially Plant anatomy, their anatomy, Plant taxonomy, taxonomy, and Plant ecology, ecology. A botanist or plant scientist is a scientist who s ...

and teacher. He was born in the village of Paschleitschen (now Nemansky District) near Ragnit in the

Province of Prussia The Province of Prussia (; ; ; ) was a province of the Kingdom of Prussia from 1824 to 1878. The province was established in 1824 from the provinces of East Prussia and West Prussia, and was dissolved in 1878 when the merger was reversed. König ...

, and he studied natural sciences, German literature, and philosophy at Albertus-Universität Königsberg between 1879 and 1884. During his life, Abromeit served as an assistant at the botanical institute in Königsberg, as a lecturer, and as an associate professor of botany at Albertus-Universität Königsberg. He was heavily involved in the Preussische Botanische Verein throughout his professional life.Abromeit, Johannes
. in ''Taxonomic Literature II Online''. Smithsonian Libraries.

Carl Christian Mez Carl Christian Mez (26 March 1866 – 8 January 1944) was a German botanist and university professor. He is denoted by the author abbreviation when citing a botanical name. Life and work Mez came from a family of industrialists in Frei ...

named the genus ''Abromeitia'' from the family Myrsinaceae in his honor. In 1946, he fled to

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and died in there.

Selected works

* ''Ueber die Anatomie des Eichenholzes'' (1884) * ''Berichtigung des Sanio'schen Aufsatzes über die Zahlenverhältnisse der Flora Preussens'' (1884) * ''Botanische Ergebnisse der von der Gesellschaft für Erdkunde zu Berlin unter Leitung Dr. v. Drygalski's ausgesandten Grönlandsexpedition nach Dr. Vanhöffen's Sammlungen bearbeitet'' (1899) * ''Schutz der botanischen Naturdenkmäler in Ostpreußen'' (1907) * ''Kurzer Überblick über die Vegetationsverhältnisse von Ostpreussen'' (1910)

References

1857 births 1946 deaths People from Nemansky District Scientists from the Province of Prussia 20th-century German botanists 19th-century German botanists University of Königsberg alumni {{Germany-botanist-stub