Georg Friedrich Kaulfuss

German botanist and pteridologist
Georg Friedrich Kaulfuss
Born8 April 1786
Died9 December 1830 (aged 44)
NationalityGerman
Scientific career
FieldsBotany
Author abbrev. (botany)Kaulf.

Georg Friedrich Kaulfuss (8 April 1786 – 9 December 1830) was a professor at Halle. He described the pteridophytes collected by Adelbert von Chamisso, and he named the fern Cibotium chamissoi after him. The genus Kaulfussia is named for Kaulfuss.[1]

In 1816, he obtained his doctorate from the University of Halle, where in 1823, he became a full professor of botany.[2]

Plants Named by Kaulfuss

More than 200 plant names were published by Kaulfuss.[3] 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.
The standard author abbreviation Kaulf. is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.[4]

References

  1. ^ The botanic garden; consisting of highly finished representations, etc. by Benjamin Maund
  2. ^ Lexikon deutschsprachiger Bryologen. Hauptbd., Band 1 (short biography in German).
  3. ^ Kaulfuss, Georg Friedrich (names) Tropicos.org. Missouri Botanical Garden. 01 Feb 2012
  4. ^ International Plant Names Index.  Kaulf.
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