Johann Friedrich Klotzsch

German botanist and pharmacist (1805–1860)

"Klotzsch" redirects here. For the German filmmaker, see Fritz Klotzsch.

Johann Friedrich Klotzsch (9 June 1805 – 5 November 1860) was a German pharmacist and botanist.

His principal work was in the field of mycology, with the study and description of many species of mushroom.

Klotzsch was born in Wittenberg. Originally trained as a pharmacist, he later enrolled in pharmaceutical and botanical studies in Berlin. In 1830–32 he was curator of William Jackson Hooker's herbarium at the University of Glasgow.[1] Beginning in 1834 he collected plants in Saxony, Bohemia, Austria, Styria and possibly Hungary. In 1838 he replaced Adelbert von Chamisso (1781–1838) as curator and director of the Royal Herbarium in Berlin.[2]

The plant genus Klotzschia from the family Apiaceae,[3] and some plant species like Eugenia klotzschiana or Acianthera klotzschiana are named in his honour.[4]

The standard author abbreviation Klotzsch is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.[5]

## Selected works

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* Mykologische Berichtigungen zu der nachgelassenen Sowerbyschen Sammlung, so wie zu den wenigen in Linneschen Herbarium vorhandenen Pilzen nebst Aufstellung einiger ausländischer Gattungen und Arten (Mycological determinations for the addenda to the Sowerby collection, a few of the fungi on stock in the Linnaean herbarium, with a presentation of some of the foreign genera and species) [6]
* Herbarium vivum mycologicum sistens fungorum per totam Germaniam crescentium collectionem perfectam (Living mycological herbarium for the increase and perfection of the collection of all the fungi of Germany) (1832). This work is an exsiccata.[7]

## References

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1. ^ JSTOR Plant Science Johann Friedrich Klotzsch
2. ^ ADB: biography of Klotzsch, Johann Friedrich @ Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie
3. ^ "Klotzschia Cham. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 16 May 2021.
4. ^ Pierer's Universal-Lexikon[permanent dead link‍] Klotzschia
5. ^ International Plant Names Index.  Klotzsch.
6. ^ In: Linnaea, 7, pp. 193–203 (1832)
7. ^ "Herbarium vivum mycologicum sistens fungorum per totam Germaniam crescentium collectionem perfectam: IndExs ExsiccataID=187883913". IndExs - Index of Exsiccatae. Botanische Staatssammlung München. Retrieved 11 May 2024.

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