Gustav Mann
Gustav Mann (born January 20, 1836 in Hanover , † June 22, 1916 in Munich ) was a German botanist . Its official botanical author's abbreviation is " G. Mann ".
Live and act
Gustav Mann became a gardener in the Royal Botanic Gardens (Kew) in London in 1859 . He was sent by Kew as a botanist with the Royal Navy to West Africa , where he was supposed to replace the sick Charles Barter on his expedition along the Niger . He was stationed in Bioko (then Fernando Póo) and from there regularly sent both live and dried plants along with reports on his activities to England with the British warships that were used to combat the slave trade . He climbed the highest volcanic peak there on Fernando Póo.
He also visited Victoria in what is now Cameroon and twice the Cameroon Mountain . He climbed the summit of this volcano on his third expedition together with Richard Francis Burton as the first European.
Honors
According to Gustav Mann, there are four plant genera , Manniella Rchb. f. from the orchid family , Mannia Hook.f. from the sumac family (Simaroubaceae) and Manniophyton Müll.Arg. and Neomanniophyton Pax & K. Hoffm . , both the latter from the milkweed family (Euphorbiaceae) named. A spring on the Cameroon Mountain, Mann's Spring, is also named after him.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Lotte Burkhardt: Directory of eponymous plant names - Extended Edition. Part I and II. Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin , Freie Universität Berlin , Berlin 2018, ISBN 978-3-946292-26-5 doi: 10.3372 / epolist2018 .
Web links
- Gustav Mann at RBG Kew
- Author entry and list of the plant names described for Gustav Mann at the IPNI
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Man, Gustav |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German botanist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 20, 1836 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hanover |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 22, 1916 |
| Place of death | Munich |