Carl Anton von Meyer
Carl Anton von Meyer (in Russian: Карл Анто́нович фон Ме́йер, Karl Antonovich von Meyer) (1 April 1795 – 24 February 1855) was a
explorer
.
Meyer was born in
Kirghiz Steppe (Kazakhstan). Plants collected on the trip formed the basis of "Flora Altaica" (four volumes issued between 1829 and 1833).[1]
In 1835 he began work as a botanist for the
Saint Petersburg in 1855.[1]
Publications
Among his written works were treatises on the plant families
Cruciferae and Polygonaceae.[1]
The following are a few of his principal works:
- Enumeratio plantarum novarum a cl. Schrenk lectarum (with Friedrich Ernst Ludwig von Fischer), 1841–1842.
- Flora Altaica; scripsit Carolus Fridericus a Ledebour, adiutoribus Car. Ant. Meyer et Al. a Bunge. (with Karl Friedrich von Ledebour and Alexander Georg von Bunge), 1829–1833.
- Versuch einer Monographie der Gattung Ephedra: durch Abbildungen erläutert, 1846.[2]
See also
References
- ^ a b c JSTOR Global Plants JSTOR Global Plants] (biography)
- ^ Biodiversity Heritage Library (bibliography)
- ^ International Plant Names Index. C.A.Mey.
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