Karl Moritz Schumann (17 June 1851 – 22 March 1904) was a German botanist. 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 ''Die Natürlichen Pflanzenfamilien'' (1887–1915) by Adolf Engler (1844–1930) and Karl Anton Prantl is a complete revision of plant families down to generic level and often even further. As such it forms part of the Engler system of plant ta ...

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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 ...

and

K. A. E. Prantl Karl Anton Eugen Prantl (10 September 1849 – 24 February 1893), also known as Carl Anton Eugen Prantl, was a German botanist. Prantl was born in Munich, Kingdom of Bavaria, and studied in Munich. In 1870, he graduated with the dissertatio ...

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Flora Brasiliensis ''Flora Brasiliensis'' is a book published between 1840 and 1906 by the editors Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius, August Wilhelm Eichler, Ignatz Urban and many others. It contains taxonomic treatments of 22,767 species, mostly Brazilian angiospe ...

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Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius Carl Friedrich Philipp (Karl Friedrich Philipp) von Martius (17 April 1794 – 13 December 1868) was a German botanist and explorer. Life Martius was born at Erlangen Erlangen (; East Franconian: ''Erlang'', Bavarian: ''Erlanga'') is a Mid ...

. The genera ''

Schumannianthus ''Schumannianthus'' is a group of plants in the Marantaceae described as a genus in 1904. ''Schumannianthus dichotomus'' is cultivated in riverine areas of South Asia and Southeast Asia for making Shital pati, mats that feel cool to the touch, ...

'' ( Gagnepain), ''

Schumanniophyton ''Schumanniophyton'' is a genus of three species of small tree native to west Africa and belonging to the family Rubiaceae. It contains the following species and varieties: * ''Schumanniophyton hirsutum'' (Hiern) R.D.Good, native from W. Central ...

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Schumannia ''Ferula'' (from Latin ''ferula'', 'rod') is a genus of about 220 species of flowering plants in the family Apiaceae, native to the Mediterranean region east to central Asia, mostly growing in arid climates. They are herbaceous perennial plants ...

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Kuntze Kuntze is a surname of German origin. People with that name include: * Carl Kuntze (1922-2006), Dutch rower who competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics * Edward J. Kuntze (1826-1870), Prussian-born American sculptor * Otto Kuntze Carl Ernst Otto K ...

) 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 Academy of Sciences Leopoldina {{Germany-botanist-stub