Carl Otto Harz
Carl (or Karl) Otto Harz (28 November 1842 in
botanist
.
After spending time as an intern in several pharmacies, he studied botany at the
Technische Universität München (from 1873) and at the Tierärztlichen Hochschule (from 1874). In 1880 he was appointed professor of botany and pharmacognosy at the Tierärztlichen Hochschule.[1]
In 1877, with
As a taxonomist, he circumscribed a number of varieties from the species Cucurbita pepo.[3] His name is associated with the following mycological genera:
- Harzia (family Ceratostomataceae), named by Julien Noël Costantin (1888).[4]
- Harziella (family Chaetomiaceae), named by Otto Kuntze (1891).[5]
Published works
- Beitrag zur Kenntniss des Polyporus Officinalis Fr, 1868 - Contribution to the understanding of Polyporus officinalis.
- Einige neue Hyphomyceten Berlins und Wiens, 1872 - treatise on some new Hyphomycetes.
- Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Pflanzenbezoare des Pferdes und des Rindes, 1875 - Contribution to the understanding of plant bezoars of horses and cattle.
- Landwirthschaftliche Samenkunde. Handbuch für Botaniker, Landwirthe, Gärtner, Droguisten, Hygieniker, 1885.
Harz also made contributions towards
Schlechtendal's Flora von Deutschland.[6]
References
- ^ Fungi H (Collectors Index Herbarium M) Pilz-Herbarien
- ^ The Philadelphia Monthly Medical Journal, Volume 1 edited by George Milbry Gould
- ^ IPNI List of botanical names described by Harz.
- ^ "Harzia acremonioides". www.mycobank.org.
- ^ BHL Taxonomic literature : a selective guide to botanical publication
- ^ WorldCat Identities Most widely held works by Carl Otto Harz
- ^ International Plant Names Index. Harz.
See also
- Harz, the highest mountain range in Northern Germany
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