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Also known as Kuntze, Carl Ernst Otto Kuntze, O. Kuntze, C. E. O. Kuntze, Karl Ernst Otto Kuntze, K. E. O. Kuntze

German botanist (1843–1907)

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Born
1843
Died
1907
Works
23

Top works

  • Additions aux lois de nomenclature botanique, (code parisien de 1867), d'après le Codex emendatus
  • Ueber neue nomenclatorische aeusserungen
  • Nomenklaturanfang und reform internationaler Kongresse
  • Reform deutscher brombeeren
  • Um die erde

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Key facts

Born
( 1843-06-23 ) June 23, 1843, Leipzig , Kingdom of Saxony
Died
January 27, 1907 (1907-01-27) (aged 63), San Remo , Italy
Alma mater
University of Freiburg (PhD)
Spouse
Helene Kuntze
Fields
Botany
Thesis
Monographie der Gattung Cinchona L. (1878)
Academic advisors
J. A. Schenk, P. F. A. Ascherson, P. W. Magnus, H. Credner, C. Luerssen
Author abbrev botany
Kuntze

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Encyclopedic overview

Carl Ernst Otto Kuntze (23 June 1843 – 27 January 1907) was a German businessman and botanist. He went on a round-the-world plant collecting trip from 1874 to 1876 making extensive collections from South America and Asia. His major contribution was a three volume revision of plant genera Revisio Generum Plantarum (1891). This revision troubled many botanists because of the changes he suggested to nearly 30000 taxa, many which were contrary to the rules established by the botanical congress of 1867. This however forced botanists to make reforms to the botanical code.

Life and work

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