Karl Moritz Schumann

Karl Moritz Schumann (17 June 1851 – 22 March 1904) was a German botanist.

Schumann was born in Görlitz. He was curator of the Botanisches Museum in Berlin-Dahlem from 1880 until 1894. He also served as the first chairman of the Deutsche Kakteen-Gesellschaft (German Cactus Society) which he founded on 6 November 1892. He died in Berlin.

Karl Moritz Schumann participated as a collaborator in Die Natürlichen Pflanzenfamilien by Adolf Engler and K. A. E. Prantl and in Flora Brasiliensis by Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius.

The genera Schumannianthus (<small>Gagnepain</small>), Schumanniophyton (<small>Harms</small>), Schumannia (<small>Kuntze</small>) and several species were named after him, including:

• Abelia schumannii
• Cycas schumanniana
• Cyperus karlschumannii
• Mammillaria schumannii
• Notocactus schumannianus&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
• Pavetta schumanniana
• Psychotria schumanniana
• Rubia schumanniana
• Vangueria schumanniana

Bibliography

• Schumann, K. M., "Gesamtbeschreibung der Kakteen" (Complete description of cacti), 1898.
• Schumann, K. M., et al., "Kakteen (Iconographia Cactacearum) im Auftrage der Deutschen Kakteen-Gesellschaft", 1900–1921.
• Schumann, K. M., "Praktikum für morphologische und systematische Botanik", 1904.

References

External links

• Mexikon &mdash; brief biography and picture.
• Deutsche Kakteen Gesellschaft
• Harvard University Herbaria entry