Karl Anton Eugen Prantl (10 September 1849 – 24 February 1893), also known as Carl Anton Eugen Prantl, was a German

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. Prantl was born in

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, and studied in Munich. In 1870, he graduated with the dissertation ''Das Inulin. Ein Beitrag zur Pflanzenphysiologie'' (The

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, a contribution to the plant physiology). He worked with

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and

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. From 1887 on, he published ''Die Natürlichen Pflanzenfamilien'' (''The Natural Plant Families'') with fellow botanist

Adolf Engler Heinrich Gustav Adolf Engler (25 March 1844 – 10 October 1930) was a German botanist. He is notable for his work on plant taxonomy and phytogeography, such as ''Die natürlichen Pflanzenfamilien'' (''The Natural Plant Families''), edited with K ...

, who completed the work in 1915.Sambamurty, A.V.S.S
''Taxonomy of Angiosperms.''
I. K. International Pvt Ltd, 2005: Page 15-16. Accessed on August 10, 2011 In 1877, he became a professor at the forest educational institution at

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, transferring to Breslau University in 1889, where he also became director of the botanical garden there. Prantl worked particularly on

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Works

*''Lehrbuch der Botanik'' (Textbook of Botany), 7 Eds., Leipzig 1887
English translation: An elementary textbook of botany 1881
*''Untersuchungen zur Morphologie der Gefäßkryptogamen'' (Studies on morphology of the Vascular Cryptogams), Leipzig 1875 and 1881, 2 fascicles. *''Exkursionsflora für das Königreich Bayern'' (Flora of the excursion to the Bavaria kingdom), Stuttgart, 1884. *Karl Prantl and

(editors): ''Die natürlichen Pflanzenfamilien'' (The natural plant families), 2 Editions, Leipzig (since 1887).

References

1849 births 1893 deaths Botanists with author abbreviations 19th-century German botanists Scientists from Munich Scientists from the Kingdom of Bavaria Academic staff of the University of Breslau {{Germany-botanist-stub