About Karl Moritz Schumann
Lived 1851 – 1904 (aged 52). Karl Moritz Schumann was a German botanist, curator, university teacher, botanical collector and scientific collector.
Karl Moritz Schumann (17 June 1851 – 22 March 1904) was a German botanist.
Schumann was born in Görlitz. He was curator of the Botanisches Museum in Berlin-Dahlem 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 Berlin.
Karl Moritz Schumann participated as a collaborator in Die Natürlichen Pflanzenfamilien by Adolf Engler and K. A. E. Prantl and in Flora Brasiliensis by Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius.
The genera Schumannianthus (Gagnepain), Schumanniophyton (Harms), Schumannia (Kuntze) and several species were named after him, including:
Abelia schumannii Cycas schumanniana Cyperus karlschumannii Mammillaria schumannii Notocactus schumannianus Pavetta schumanniana Psychotria schumanniana Rubia schumanniana Vangueria schumanniana
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German botanist (1851–1904)
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Karl Moritz Schumann was born on 17 June 1851 in Görlitz.
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Karl Moritz Schumann died on 22 March 1904 in Berlin.
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Karl Moritz Schumann was a botanist, curator, university teacher, botanical collector and scientific collector.
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Karl Moritz Schumann was German.
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