Friedrich Gottlieb Bartling Explained

Friedrich Gottlieb Bartling (December 9, 1798 – November 20, 1875) was a German botanist who was a native of Hanover.

He studied natural sciences at the University of Göttingen, and in 1818 took a botanical journey through Hungary and Croatia. In 1822, he became a lecturer at Göttingen, where he later became a professor. In 1837, he was appointed director of its botanical garden.^[1] With Georg Ernst Ludwig Hampe he edited the exsiccatae Vegetabilia cellularia in Germania septentrionali praesertim in Hercynia et in agro Göttingensi. Ser. A-D (1832-1845).^[2]

The plant genus Bartlingia from the family Rubiaceae is named in his honor.^[3]

Selected publications

• De litoribus ac insulis maris Liburnici (1820).
• Ordines naturales plantarum (1830).
• Flora der österreichischen Küstenländer, (Flora of the Austrian coastal area), (1825).
• Vegetabilia cellularia in Germania septentrionali praesertim in Hercynia et in agro Gottingensi lecta (1834 and 1836), with Georg Ernst Ludwig Hampe (1795–1880).

References

• Parts of this article are based on a translation of an equivalent article at the German Wikipedia.

Notes and References

1. http://www.deutsche-biographie.de/pnd116069341.html Bartling, Friedrich Georg (Gottlieb)
2. Triebel, D. & Scholz, P. 2001–2024 IndExs – Index of Exsiccatae. – Botanische Staatssammlung München: http://indexs.botanischestaatssammlung.de. – München, Germany.
3. https://books.google.com/books?id=esMPU5DHEGgC&pg=PA270 CRC World Dictionary of Plant Names: Common Names, Scientific ..., Volume 1