Johannes Mattfeld

Johannes Mattfeld (born January 18, 1895 in Lehe near Bremerhaven , † January 19, 1951 in Berlin ) was a German botanist . Its official botanical author abbreviation is “ Mattf. "

Live and act

Mattfeld worked at the Botanical Museum Berlin . He contributed to the 2nd edition of Adolf Engler's work The Natural Plant Families . For volume 16c he wrote the addendum to the Caryophyllaceae (1934), for volume 20b he wrote Pentaphylacaceae and Stackhousiaceae (1942).

Honors

The plant genera Mattfeldia Urb. and Mattfeldanthus H.Rob. & RMKing from the sunflower family (Asteraceae) are named after him.

literature

F. Markgraf: Johannes Mattfeld . In: Taxon . tape 1 , no. 3 , January 1952, p. 33-34 , doi : 10.1002 / j.1996-8175.1952.tb01373.x .

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Robert Zander : Zander concise dictionary of plant names . Ed .: Fritz Encke , Günther Buchheim, Siegmund Seybold . 13th, revised and expanded edition. Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart 1984, ISBN 3-8001-5042-5 .

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

Author entry and list of the described plant names for Johannes Mattfeld at the IPNI

personal data
SURNAME	Mattfeld, Johannes
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German botanist
DATE OF BIRTH	January 18, 1895
PLACE OF BIRTH	Lehe (Bremerhaven)
DATE OF DEATH	January 19, 1951
Place of death	Berlin

[Burkhardt_2018-1] 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 .