Karl Moritz Schumann (17 June 1851 – 22 March 1904) was a German

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. Schumann was born in

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. He was curator of the Botanisches Museum in

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from 1880 until 1894. He also served as the first chairman of the ''Deutsche Kakteen-Gesellschaft'' (German Cactus Society) which he founded on 6 November 1892. He died in

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. Karl Moritz Schumann participated as a collaborator in '' Die Natürlichen Pflanzenfamilien'' by

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and K. A. E. Prantl and in ''

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'' by

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. The genera '' Schumannianthus'' ( Gagnepain), ''

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'' ( Harms), '' Schumannia'' ( Kuntze) and several species were named after him, including:

Bibliography

* Schumann, K. M., "''Gesamtbeschreibung der Kakteen''" (Complete description of cacti), 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.

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Deutsche Kakteen Gesellschaft

Harvard University Herbaria entry
1851 births 1904 deaths 19th-century German botanists People from Görlitz University of Breslau alumni Members of the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina {{Germany-botanist-stub