Karl Otto von Seemen

Karl Otto von Seemen (24 March 1838 - 20 September 1910) was a German botanist and horticulturalist. He is noted for his studies of plants in the south of Africa.

Plants studied

According to the International Plant Names Index (IPNI) some 109 plant names were published by Seemen, including species of Castanopsis, Fagus, Pyrola, Quercus and Salix{{cite web |title=Seemen, Karl Otto von {{!}} International Plant Names Index |url=https://www.ipni.org/a/9419-1 |website=www.ipni.org |access-date=1 October 2020 |date=}}

Selected species

  • (Caprifoliaceae) Viburnum (sect. Oreinotinus) seemenii Graebn.{{cite book |last1=Engler |first1=Adolf |title=Botanische Jahrbücher fur Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie ( xxxvii) |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/699#page/605/mode/1up |publisher=Schweizerbart [etc.] |via=www.biodiversitylibrary.org |page=435 |access-date=12 March 2023 |date=1906}}
  • (Potamogetonaceae) Potamogeton seemenii Asch. & Graebn.{{cite web |last1=Ascherson |first1=Paul |last3=Graebner |first3=Paul |last2=Graebner |first2=Paul |title=Synopsis der mitteleuropaïschen flora |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/81555#page/351/mode/1up |publisher=W. Engelmann |via=www.biodiversitylibrary.org |access-date=12 March 2023 |date=1896}}
  • (Ranunculaceae) Anemonoides × seemenii (Camus) HolubFolia Geobot. Phytotax. 18(2): 206. 1983 (IK)
  • (Salicaceae) Salix seemenii B.Fedtsch.Rastit. Turkest. 298. 1915 (IK)

Publications

1903. Salices Japonicæ, &c. (Leipzig, Gebrüder Borntraeger) 83 pp.{{cite web |title=Salices Japonicae {{!}} WorldCat.org |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/6132331 |website=search.worldcat.org |access-date=1 October 2020 |language=en}}

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Category:19th-century German botanists

Category:1838 births

Category:1910 deaths