Franz Ewald Theodor Bachmann

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Franz Bachmann in South Africa

Franz Ewald Theodor Bachmann (6 June 1856 – after 1916),[1] was a medical practitioner and naturalist.

Bachmann was born in Lissa,

Harding where he called at the Marburg Mission before getting back to Durban via a boat from Port Shepstone
.

His second journey started off on 15 January 1888 when he left on horseback from Marburg Mission with Conrad Beyrich. They went via Flagstaff to

Port Elizabeth and Cape Town en route to Berlin where he arrived in January 1889.[2]

Besides flowering plants he collected some fungi, lichens and mosses, and various natural history specimens. Insect collections, mainly

Museum für Naturkunde in Berlin.[3]

He is commemorated in the genera Bachmannia and Bachmanniomyces, and the species Leonotis bachmannii, Struthiola bachmannii, Kniphofia bachmannii and Bachmannia chubutensis.

The standard author abbreviation Bachm. is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.[4]

References

  1. ISBN 9783831109869
    . He should not be confused with Ewald Theodor Bachman (1850-1937).
  2. ^ Botanical Exploration of Southern Africa - Gunn & Codd
  3. ^ "Groll, E. K. Biografien der Entomologen der Welt : Datenbank".[permanent dead link]
  4. ^ International Plant Names Index.  Bachm.
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