Georg Carl Wilhelm Vatke
German botanist (1849–1889)
Georg Carl Wilhelm Vatke (12 August 1849, in Berlin – 6 April 1889, in Berlin) was a German botanist, who collected spermatophytes during 1868–1876 in Austria, Germany, Madagascar and Angola. He was an assistant at the botanical gardens in Berlin during 1876–1879, and later became a private scholar.
The botanical genus Vatkea was named in his honor by Karl August Otto Hoffmann in 1880.[1]
The standard author abbreviation Vatke is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.[2]
References
- ^ BHL Taxonomic literature : a selective guide to botanical publications
- ^ International Plant Names Index. Vatke.
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