Karl Suessenguth Explained

Karl Suessenguth (22 June 1893, Münnerstadt – 7 April 1955, Ischia) was a German botanist.

He studied under Karl Ritter von Goebel at the University of Munich, where in 1927 he became a professor of botany. From 1927 to 1955 he was curator of the Botanische Staatssammlung München.^[1]

As a taxonomist, he classified many plants within the family Amaranthaceae.^[2] The botanical genera Suessenguthia (family Acanthaceae) and Suessenguthiella (family Molluginaceae) commemorate his name.^{[1] [3]}

Written works

He was an editor of the multi-volume Illustrierte Flora von Mittel-Europa (Illustrated Flora of Central Europe) and the author of the following works:

• "Amarantaceae of southeastern Polynesia" (in English) Honolulu, Hawaii, The Museum, 1936.
• Neue Ziele der Botanik, 1938  - New objectives of botany.
• Ueber einige amerikanische "Amarantaceae" und "Rhamnaceae", 1939  - On American Amarantaceae und Rhamnaceae.
• Mitteilungen Der Botanischen Staatssammlung München (as editor)  - Journal of the Botanische Staatssammlung München.^[4]

Notes and References

1. https://books.google.com/books?id=zIOvJSJs-IkC&dq=%22Karl+Suessenguth%22&pg=PA2598 CRC World Dictionary of Plant Names: Common Names, Scientific Names, Eponyms
2. http://www.ipni.org/ipni/advPlantNameSearch.do?find_authorAbbrev=Suess.&find_includePublicationAuthors=on&find_includePublicationAuthors=off&find_includeBasionymAuthors=on&find_includeBasionymAuthors=off&find_isAPNIRecord=on&find_isAPNIRecord=false&find_isGCIRecord=on&find_isGCIRecord=false&find_isIKRecord=on&find_isIKRecord=false&find_rankToReturn=all&output_format=normal&find_sortByFamily=on&find_sortByFamily=off&query_type=by_query IPNI
3. http://www.calflora.net/southafrica/plantnamesP-Z.html Plant Names P-Z
4. https://www.google.com/search?tbo=p&tbm=bks&q=inauthor:%22Karl+Suessenguth%22 Google Search