Georg Friedrich Kaulfuss

Georg Friedrich Kaulfuss
Georg Friedrich Kaulfuss
Born	8 April 1786
Died	9 December 1830 (aged 44)
Nationality	German
	Scientific career
Fields	Botany
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:

Cochlidium Kaulf. 1820
Balantium 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

↑ The botanic garden; consisting of highly finished representations, etc. by Benjamin Maund
↑ Lexikon deutschsprachiger Bryologen. Hauptbd., Band 1 (short biography in German).
↑ Kaulfuss, Georg Friedrich (names) Tropicos.org. Missouri Botanical Garden. 01 Feb 2012
↑ IPNI, Kaulf., http://www.ipni.org/ipni/advAuthorSearch.do?find_abbreviation=Kaulf.

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[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] IPNI, Kaulf., http://www.ipni.org/ipni/advAuthorSearch.do?find_abbreviation=Kaulf.