Moritz August Seubert

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Moritz August Seubert (born June 2, 1818 in Karlsruhe ; † April 8, 1878 there ) was a German botanist . Its official botanical author abbreviation is “ Seub. "

Life

The son of a medical councilor first visited the Lyceum in Karlsruhe and during this time he was already in contact with the botanist Alexander Braun , who interested him in this subject. From 1836 he studied medicine at the University of Heidelberg and from 1837 natural sciences in Bonn . His teachers in Bonn were Georg August Goldfuß , Ludolph Christian Treviranus and Johann Jacob Nöggerath . After his doctorate as Dr. phil. in Bonn he switched to the University of Berlin , where he completed his habilitation. From 1843 he taught in Bonn as a private lecturer. In the same year he was elected a member of the Leopoldina .

In 1846 he was appointed professor of botany and zoology at the Karlsruhe Polytechnic as the successor to Alexander Braun . At the same time he succeeded Braun as head of the Grand Ducal Natural History Cabinet and the Botanical Garden and the Grand Ducal Court Garden in Karlsruhe. He was also a librarian at the Grand Ducal Court and State Library for several years .

In addition to teaching and administrative work, Seubert has also written numerous writings. The " Flora azorica " appeared in 1844 , in which he worked up the herbaria of Christian Ferdinand Friedrich Hochstetter and his son Carl Hochstetter . He also worked on a number of plant families in the " Flora brasiliensis " published by Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius . Including the Alismataceae , Amaryllidaceae , Butomaceae and Liliaceae . He also wrote a " textbook on plant science ", which appeared in five editions. In 1863 his " Exkursionsflora für das Großherzogthum Baden " was published, in 1868 another one for south-west Germany and in 1869 one for central and north Germany.

The funeral took place with great public participation. A son of Seubert was a founding philistine of the then Karlsruhe Forestry Association Hubertia . The Corps and the Polytechnic Association honored him with wreaths.

Awards

  • Knight's Cross first class from the Zähringer Löwen .
  • 1877 Appointed Privy Councilor.
  • The plant genus Seubertia Kunth from the lily family (Liliaceae) is named after him .

Fonts

  • Excursion flora for the Grand Duchy of Baden . 1863; 6th edition 1905
  • Excursion flora for southwest Germany . 1868. 2nd edition 1878
  • Excursion flora for central and northern Germany ... 1869
  • Textbook of the entire botany . Winter, Leipzig 1858 Digitized edition of the University and State Library Düsseldorf . 7th edition 1887.
  • Flora Azorica ... Bonn 1844
  • Symbolae ad erinacei europaei anatomists .

literature

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Walter Erhardt among others: The great pikeperch. Encyclopedia of Plant Names . Volume 2, page 2048. Verlag Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart 2008. ISBN 978-3-8001-5406-7
  2. ↑ Wehle 1979, Chronicle of Hubertia Freiburg, p. 18 .; also in Neuhaus 2010, The development history of the Corps Hubertia Freiburg since 1868 (diploma thesis), p. 36.
  3. ↑ a b Obituary in the Leopoldina , Volume 14, 1878
  4. ↑ 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 .
personal data
SURNAME Seubert, Moritz August
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German botanist
DATE OF BIRTH June 2, 1818
PLACE OF BIRTH Karlsruhe
DATE OF DEATH April 8, 1878
Place of death Karlsruhe