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

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.

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