Karl Suessenguth
German botanist and university teacher
About Karl Suessenguth
Lived 1893 – 1955 (aged 61). Karl Suessenguth was a German botanist, university teacher, curator, taxonomist, botanical collector and scientific collector.
Karl Suessenguth (22 June 1893 in Münnerstadt – 7 April 1955 in Ischia) was a German botanist.
He studied under Karl Ritter von Goebel at the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, where in 1927 he became a professor of botany. From 1927 to 1955 he was curator of the Botanische Staatssammlung München.
As a taxonomist, he classified many plants within the family Amaranthaceae. The botanical genera Suessenguthia (family Acanthaceae) and Suessenguthiella (family Molluginaceae) commemorate his name.
Written works He was an editor of the multi-volume Illustrierte Flora von Mittel-Europa (Illustrated Flora of Central Europe) and the author of the following works: "Amarantaceae of southeastern Polynesia" (in English) Honolulu, Hawaii, The Museum, 1936. Neue Ziele der Botanik, 1938 – New objectives of botany. Ueber einige amerikanische "Amarantaceae" und "Rhamnaceae", 1939 – On American Amarantaceae und Rhamnaceae. Mitteilungen Der Botanischen Staatssammlung München (as editor) – Journal of the Botanische Staatssammlung München.
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German botanist and university teacher (1893-1955)
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Karl Suessenguth was born on 22 June 1893 in Münnerstadt.
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Karl Suessenguth died on 7 April 1955 in Ischia.
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Karl Suessenguth was a botanist, university teacher, curator, taxonomist, botanical collector and scientific collector.
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