Karl Moritz Schumann, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Karl Moritz Schumann

German botanist

Date of Birth: 17-Jun-1851

Place of Birth: Görlitz, Saxony, Germany

Date of Death: 22-Mar-1904

Profession: curator, university teacher, botanist

Nationality: Germany, German Empire

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

Karl Moritz Schumann (17 June 1851 in Görlitz – 22 March 1904 in Berlin) was a German botanist. Dr.
Schumann was the curator of the Botanisches Museum in Berlin-Dahlem from 1880 until 1894.
He also served as the first chairman of the Deutsche Kakteen-Gesellschaft (German Cactus Society) which he founded November 6, 1892. Karl Moritz Schumann participated as a collaborator in Die Natürlichen Pflanzenfamilien by Adolf Engler and K.
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Prantl and in Flora Brasiliensis by Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius.
The genera Schumannianthus (Gagnepain), Schumanniophyton (Harms), Schumannia (Kuntze) and several species were named after him, including: