Gustav Kunze

Gustav Kunze (4 October 1793 in Leipzig – 30 April 1851 in Leipzig) was a German professor of zoology, an entomologist and botanist with an interest mainly in ferns and orchids.[1]

Kunze joined the Wernerian Natural History Society in Edinburgh in 1817. He later became Zoology Professor at Leipzig University and in 1837 was appointed director of the Botanical Gardens in Leipzig. In 1851 he was elected a foreign member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.

The plant genus Kunzea was named in his honour.[2]

Works

Collection

His collection is in Naturkundemuseum Leipzig.

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

See also

References

  1. ^ Scholz, Albrecht (1999), "Mykologie", Geschichte der Dermatologie in Deutschland, Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer Berlin Heidelberg, pp. 251–257, doi:10.1007/978-3-642-58502-9_10, ISBN 978-3-642-63623-3, retrieved 2023-02-23
  2. ^ Elliot, Rodger W.; Jones, David L.; Blake, Trevor (1993). Encyclopaedia of Australian Plants Suitable for Cultivation: Volume 6 (K-M). Port Melbourne: Lothian Press. p. 15. ISBN 0-85091-589-9.
  3. ^ Biographie, Deutsche. "Kunze, Gustav - Deutsche Biographie". www.deutsche-biographie.de (in German). Retrieved 2023-02-23.
  4. ^ International Plant Names Index.  Kunze.
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