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Georg Friedrich Kaulfuss

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Nationality
  
German

Fields
  
Botany

Died
  
1830

Name
  
Georg Kaulfuss

Author abbrev. (botany)
  
Kaulf.


Georg Friedrich Kaulfuss (8 April 1786 – 9 December 1830) was a professor at Halle. He described the pteridophytes collected by Adalbert von Chamisso, and named the fern Cibotium chamissoi after him. The genus Kaulfussia is named for Kaulfuss.

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In 1816 he obtained his doctorate from the University of Halle, where in 1823 he became a full professor of botany.

Plants Named by Kaulfuss

More than 200 plant names were published by Kaulfuss. These include the genera:

  • Cibotium Kaulf. 1820
  • Cochlidium Kaulf. 1820
  • Saccoloma Kaulf. 1820
  • Balantium Kaulf. 1824
  • Sadleria Kaulf. 1824
  • Plant families named by Kaulfuss include:

  • Marattiaceae Kaulf. 1824
  • Cyatheaceae Kaulf. 1827
  • Works by Kaulfuss

  • Kaulfuss, Georg Friedrich. Enumeratio Filicum. 1824.
  • References

    Georg Friedrich Kaulfuss Wikipedia