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Otto Eugen Schulz (31 October 1874 – 17 February 1936) 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 ...
, born in
Berlin Berlin ( ; ) is the Capital of Germany, capital and largest city of Germany, by both area and List of cities in Germany by population, population. With 3.7 million inhabitants, it has the List of cities in the European Union by population withi ...
. He was the brother of botanist Roman Schulz (1873–1926). He published important systematic treatments of the families
Brassicaceae Brassicaceae () or (the older but equally valid) Cruciferae () is a medium-sized and economically important Family (biology), family of flowering plants commonly known as the mustards, the crucifers, or the cabbage family. Most are herbaceous pla ...
(then known as Cruciferae) and
Erythroxylaceae Erythroxylaceae (the coca family) is a family of flowering trees and shrubs consisting of 4 genera and 271 species A species () is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate sexes or mat ...
, and he is the
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for numerous species within these families. He was the author of a 1903 treatise on the genus ''
Cardamine ''Cardamine'' is a large genus of flowering plants in the mustard family, Brassicaceae, known as bittercresses and toothworts. It contains more than 200 species of annuals and perennials. Species in this genus can be found in diverse habitats w ...
'' (family Brassicaceae), titled "
Monographie der Gattung Cardamine
'". The genus '' Ottoschulzia'' (family
Metteniusaceae Metteniusaceae are a family of flowering plants, the only family in the order Metteniusales. It consists of about 10 genera and 50 species of trees, shrubs, and lianas, primarily of the tropics. The family was formerly restricted to just '' Mette ...
) was named in his honor by
Ignatz Urban Ignatz Urban (7 January 1848 – 7 January 1931) was a German botany, botanist. He is known for his contributions to the flora of the Caribbean and Brazil, and for his work as curator of the Botanical Garden in Berlin, Berlin Botanical Garden. B ...
(1848–1931) in 1912.CRC World Dictionary of Plant Names M-Q
by Umberto Quattrocchi


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Botanists with author abbreviations 20th-century German botanists 1874 births 1936 deaths Scientists from Berlin {{Germany-botanist-stub