Karl Theodor Hartweg
Appearance
Karl Theodor Hartweg | |
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Born | 18 June 1812 |
Died | 3 February 1871 | (aged 58)
Known for | Collection of plants from Colombia, Ecuador, Guatemala, Mexico and California |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Botanist |
Author abbrev. (botany) | Hartw. |
Karl Theodor Hartweg (18 June 1812 – 3 February 1871) was a German
conifers
which were well represented in Hartweg's collections.
Many plants collected in Mexico by Hartweg from 1836 onward were identified and catalogued by George Bentham in Plantas Hartwegianas.
References
- Beidleman, Richard G. (2006). "Karl Theodor Hartweg". California's Frontier Naturalists. University of California Press. pp. 151–160. ISBN 9780520927506.
- McKelvey, Susan Delano (1955). Botanical Exploration of the Trans-Mississippi West, 1790-1850. Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University. pp. 961–980.
- Sterling, Keir B., ed. (1997). "Hartweg, (Carl) Theodor". Biographical Dictionary of American and Canadian Naturalists and Environmentalists. Greenwood Press.
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