Carl Bonstedt

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Carl Bonstedt (born April 8, 1866 in Naumburg (Saale) , † February 14, 1953 in Geismar ) was a German gardener and botanist , who especially shaped the Botanical Garden in Göttingen . Its official botanical author's abbreviation is " Bonstedt "; earlier it was also “ Bonst. " in use.

Life

Carl Bonstedt was a trained gardener and, after training at the pomological institute in Proskau, spent a number of years in Great Britain . His stations there included the prestigious Kew Gardens . From 1892 to 1900 he headed the Botanical Garden in Rostock . In 1900 he came to Göttingen, where he worked as the technical director of the botanical garden until 1931. The Alpinum goes back to him , a garden in which plants from the Alps in particular are tended. He also became known for his care for tropical orchids and other epiphytes .

From a horticultural point of view, Carl Bonstedt also emerged as a breeder of numerous new types of flowers. His breeding areas included primroses , lilies , kalla, caladium , sarracenia , nepenthes and fuchsias . The so-called grape-flowered fuchsias, the hybrids of the Fuchsia triphylla , go back to him . In addition to his management role in the Botanical Garden, he gave lectures on horticulture at the University of Göttingen and the former German Colonial University in Witzenhausen . He was also the editor of reference books such as Parey's flower gardening and other specialist publications.

Honor taxon

The genus Bonstedtia of the plant family of the barberry family (Berberidaceae) was named in his honor.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Lotte Burkhardt: Directory of eponymous plant names . Extended Edition. Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin, Free University Berlin Berlin 2018. [1]

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personal data
SURNAME Bonstedt, Carl
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German gardener and botanist
DATE OF BIRTH April 8, 1866
PLACE OF BIRTH Naumburg (Saale)
DATE OF DEATH February 14, 1953
Place of death Geismar