Christoph Knaut

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Christoph Knaut , also Christophorus Knauth (* 1638 in Halle , † 1694 in Halle) was a German doctor and botanist . He was the brother of Christian Knaut .

Live and act

Christoph Knaut developed his own system based on the method of John Ray when he published his Flora von Halle in 1687 . He described 17 different classes of plants. With it he designed one of the taxonomic systems with which Carl von Linné dealt critically.

Honor taxon

Carl von Linné named the genus Knautia of the cardiac family (Dipsacaceae) in his honor and his brother .

Works

  • Enumeratio Plantarum Circa Halam Saxonum Et In Eius Vicinia, Ad Trium Fere Milliarium Spatium, Sponte Provenientium: Cum earum Synonymiis, locis natalibus ubi proveniunt, & tempore quo florent ... & Indice copioso, in Botanophilorum gratiam methodice consignata . Leipzig, 1687
  • Herbarium Hallense. Sive Plantarum Quae Circa Halam Saxonum Et In Eius Vicinia, Ad Trium Fere Milliarum Spatium, Sponte Proveniunt Methodica Enumeratio: Cum earum Synonymiis, locis natalibus ubi proveniunt, & tempore quo florent, additis characteribus generum summorum atq [ue] subice copioso & . Hall, 1689

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  • Entry in the Dictionnaire des sciences médicales. Biography médicale. Volume 5, Paris, 1822, p. 440

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Carl von Linné: Critica Botanica . Leiden 1737, p. 93
  2. ↑ Carl von Linné: Genera Plantarum . Leiden 1742, p. 40

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personal data
SURNAME Knaut, Christoph
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Knauth, Christophorus (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German doctor and botanist
DATE OF BIRTH 1638
PLACE OF BIRTH Hall
DATE OF DEATH 1694
Place of death Hall