Karl Suessenguth, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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German botanist
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Place of Birth: Münnerstadt, Bavaria, Germany
About Karl Suessenguth
- 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.
- The standard author abbreviation Suess.
- is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.As a taxonomist, he classified many plants within the family Amaranthaceae.
- The botanical genera Suessenguthia (family Acanthaceae) and Suessenguthiella (family Molluginaceae) commemorate his name.
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