Andreas Voss (12 March 1857 – 9 April 1924) 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 horticulturist. From 1878 to 1882 he worked as a gardener at the agricultural school in

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. From 1890 onward, he worked as an independent author. He was editor of the horticultural publicatio
''Der Deutsche Gartenrat''
He was the author of a popular botanical dictionary for gardeners, titled ''Botanisches Hilfs- und Wörterbuch'' (6th edition, 1922). He also edited the third edition of '' Vilmorin's Blumengärtnerei'' (1896). Other noted works by Voss include: * ''Gründzüge der Gartenkultur; Wachstumsbedingungen, Bodenbereitung, Anzucht, Schnitt und Schutz'', 1894 – Foundations of garden culture; growth conditions, soil preparation, breeding, cutting and protection. * ''Wörterbuch der deutschen pflanzennamen, wild, nutz- und zierpflanzen des freilandes und der gewächshäuser'', 1922 – Dictionary of German plant names, wild, useful and ornamental plants of the field and the greenhouses. The botanical genus ''Vossianthus'' (synonym '' Sparrmannia'') was named after him by Otto Kuntze.Gartenwelt, Volume 4
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