August Heintze

(Sven) August Heintze (1881–1941) (sometimes spelled Heinze) was a Swedish botanist.

Life

Heintze was born on 26 September 1881 to Fredrik and Kerstin (née Svensson) Heintze in Skurup, SkÃ¥ne. He had a younger sister, Anna Maria (b. 1889). He enrolled as a student at Lund University in 1901. He graduated in 1906, and earned his doctorate in 1913. His first position was as a teacher at Uddevalla kommunalgymnasium. Heintze died on 6 May 1941 in Stockholm, and is buried in the Skurups Norra KyrkogÃ¥rd ("Skurup's Northern Cemetery").

He is known for his work on the classification of cormophytes, particularly the family Ranuculaceae.

Selected publications

Publications include:

• (Cormofyt. Fylog.) (Abstract in German.)
• Heintze, August. (1932–1935) Handbuch der Verbreitungsökologie der Pflanzen. Stockholm, Selbstverlag
• Heintze, August. (1908) Växtgeografiska anteckningar frÃ¥n ett par färder genom Skibottendalen i Tromsö amt. Arkiv Bot. v 7 no 11
• Heintze, August. (1913) Växttopografiska undersökningar i Åsele Lappmarks fjälltrakter. I–II Arkiv Bot. v 12 no 11; v 13 no 5
• Heintze, August. (1909) Växtgeografiska undersökningar i RÃ¥ne socken af Norrbottens län. Arkiv Bot. v 9 no 8

Legacy

Published names include:

• Burmanniales <small>Heintze</small>, Cormofyt. Fylog.: 159 1927.
• Burmanniidae <small>Heintze</small>, Cormofyt. Fylog.: 10. 1927.
• Marattiophyta <small>Heintze</small>, Cormofyt. Fylog.: 22. 1927.
• Orchididae <small>Heintze</small>, Cormofyt. Fylog.: 10. 1927.
• Oxalidales <small>Heintze</small>, Cormofyt. Fylog.: 13, 126 1927.
• Paeoniales <small>Heintze</small>, Cormofyt. Fylog.: 12. 1927
• Psilotophyta <small>Heintze</small>, Cormofyt. Fylog.: 22. 1927.
• Ranunculaceae subfam. Thalictroideae <small>Heintze</small>, Cormofyt. Fylog.: 103 1927.
• Trolliinae <small>Heintze</small>, Cormfyt. Fylog.: 103. 1927

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