Johann Christian Carl Günther

German botanist and pharmacist (1769–1833)

Johann Christian Carl Günther
Born	(1769-10-10)10 October 1769 Jauer, Prussian Silesia (Jawor, Poland)
Died	18 January 1833(1833-01-18) (aged 63) Breslau, Prussia
Nationality	German
Citizenship	Kingdom of Prussia
Alma mater	University of Breslau
Scientific career
Fields	Botany
Author abbrev. (botany)	Günther

Johann Christian Carl Günther (1769 – 1833) was a German botanist, pharmacist, batologist, and author.

With Theodor Emil Schummel he issued the exsiccata Herbarium vivum plantas in Silesia indigenas exhibens a Christiano Günther et Aemilio Schummel collectum et omnibus botanices inprimis Silesiae cultoribus ac amicis dicatum (1811-1830).^[1]. With Heinrich Emanuel Grabowski and Christian Friedrich Heinrich Wimmer he distributed an exsiccata-like series of duplicate specimens called Schlesische Gewächse.^[2]^[3]

The standard author abbreviation Günther is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.^[4]

References

^ "Herbarium vivum plantas in Silesia indigenas exhibens a Christiano Günther et Aemilio Schummel collectum et omnibus botanices inprimis Silesiae cultoribus ac amicis dicatum: IndExs ExsiccataID=1589597311". IndExs - Index of Exsiccatae. Botanische Staatssammlung München. Retrieved 3 July 2024.
^ Triebel, D. & Scholz, P. 2001–2024 IndExs – Index of Exsiccatae. Botanische Staatssammlung München: http://indexs.botanischestaatssammlung.de. – München, Germany.
^ "Schlesische Gewächse: IndExs ExsiccataID=1402200447". IndExs – Index of Exsiccatae. Botanische Staatssammlung München. Retrieved 3 August 2024.
^ International Plant Names Index. Günther.