Georg Friedrich Kaulfuss Explained

Georg Friedrich Kaulfuss
Birth Date:	8 April 1786
Death Date:	9 December 1830 (aged 44)
Nationality:	German
Field:	Botany
Author Abbrev Bot:	Kaulf.

Georg Friedrich Kaulfuss (8 April 1786  - 9 December 1830) was a professor at Halle. He described the pteridophytes collected by Adelbert von Chamisso, and he named the fern Cibotium chamissoi after him. The genus Kaulfussia is named for Kaulfuss.^[1]

In 1816, he obtained his doctorate from the University of Halle, where in 1823, he became a full professor of botany.^[2]

Plants Named by Kaulfuss

More than 200 plant names were published by Kaulfuss.^[3] These include the genera:

• • Cochlidium
  • Balantium

Plant families named by Kaulfuss include:

Works by Kaulfuss

• Kaulfuss, Georg Friedrich. Enumeratio Filicum. 1824.

Notes and References

1. https://books.google.com/books?id=H6pNAAAAcAAJ&dq=Kaulfuss+Kaulfussia&pg=PT194 The botanic garden; consisting of highly finished representations, etc.
2. https://books.google.com/books?id=8VEUIH15wAYC&pg=PA231 Lexikon deutschsprachiger Bryologen. Hauptbd., Band 1
3. http://www.tropicos.org/Person/1583?tab=names Kaulfuss, Georg Friedrich (names)