Georg Friedrich Kaulfuss

Georg Friedrich Kaulfuss , also Kaulfuss , (born April 8, 1786 in Leipzig , Kingdom of Saxony , † December 9, 1830 in Halle (Saale) , Prussia ) was a Saxon, German botanist. His author's abbreviation is Kaulf.

Live and act

His father Christian Friedrich Kaulfuß was a doctor of both rights and a manor owner, his mother Catharina Elisabeth, a born grand. Until he was 15 he was tutored by private tutors.

In 1812 he discovered the moss Oreoweisa bruntonii in Styria . He also described Grimmia elongata . In 1816 he obtained his doctorate in Halle. jur. et phil.

He became a private lecturer in 1816, an associate professor in 1823 and full professor of botany in 1828. On March 20, 1819 (matriculation no. 1134) he was elected a member of the Leopoldina with the surname Magus .

Honors

The genus Kaulfussia Nees from the sunflower family (Asteraceae) is named after Kaulfuss .

Fonts

Enumeratio filicum: quas in itinere circa terram legit cl. Adalbertus de Chamisso adjectis in omnia harum plantarum genera permultasque species non satis cognitas vel novas animadversionibus. Carl Cnobloch , Leipzig 1824 ( archive )
Experiences of the germination of the Charen . Carl Cnobloch, Leipzig 1825 ( Google Books )

literature

Johann Daniel Ferdinand Neigebaur : History of the imperial Leopoldino-Carolinische German academy of natural scientists during the second century of its existence. Friedrich Frommann , Jena 1860 ( p. 249 )

Individual evidence

^ Bullmann: Memorable periods of time at the University of Halle ; P. 326
^ Frahm, Eggers: Lexikon deutschsprachiger Bryologen , Volume 2, p. 231
^ Member entry by Georg Friedrich Kaulfuss at the German Academy of Natural Scientists Leopoldina , accessed on August 4, 2017.
↑ Lotte Burkhardt: Directory of eponymous plant names . Extended Edition. Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin, Free University Berlin Berlin 2018. [1]

personal data
SURNAME	Kaulfuss, Georg Friedrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German botanist
DATE OF BIRTH	April 8, 1786
PLACE OF BIRTH	Leipzig
DATE OF DEATH	December 9, 1830
Place of death	Halle (Saale)

[1] Bullmann: Memorable periods of time at the University of Halle ; P. 326

[2] Frahm, Eggers: Lexikon deutschsprachiger Bryologen , Volume 2, p. 231

[3] Member entry by Georg Friedrich Kaulfuss at the German Academy of Natural Scientists Leopoldina , accessed on August 4, 2017.

[Burkhardt2018-4] Lotte Burkhardt: Directory of eponymous plant names . Extended Edition. Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin, Free University Berlin Berlin 2018. [1]