Joachim Steetz

Joachim Steetz (12 November 1804, Hamburg – 24 March 1862, Hamburg )^[1] was a German botanist.^[2][3][4] His herbarium, comprising more than 5000 specimens from over 160 collectors and 50 countries was purchased in 1863 by Victorian Government Botanist Ferdinand von Mueller for the sum of 80 pounds.^[5][6]

The herbarium was compiled by Steetz over more than thirty years and comprises sets of plants collected throughout the world, including type specimens from prominent plant collectors of the time including:

• Christian Friedrich Ecklon and Karl Ludwig Philipp Zeyher (South Africa)
• Charles Wilkin Short (North America)
• Ludwig Preiss (Western Australia)
• Anton Rochel (The Banat)
• Nikolai Turczaninow (Russia)
• Jens Vahl (Arctic)
• Anderson (Galápagos Islands)^[6]

The collection is currently housed at the National Herbarium of Victoria.^[7]

References

1. Muelleria: An Australian Journal of Botany. National Herbarium of Victoria. 1988.
2. "Steetz, Joachim (1804–1862)". Australian National Herbarium. Retrieved 12 May 2014.
3. International Organization for Plant Information (IOPI). "Author Details" (HTML). International Plant Names Index. Retrieved 12 May 2014.
4. Personal-Nachrichten. Botanische Zeitung. 1862. pp. 151–.
5. Philip S. Short; Australian Systematic Botany Society (1990). History of Systematic Botany in Australasia: Proceedings of a Symposium Held at the University of Melbourne, 25-27 May 1988. Australian Systematic Botany Society. ISBN 978-0-7316-8463-2.
6. "Saturday, December 12, 1863". The Argus (Melbourne: National Library of Australia). 12 December 1863. p. 5. Retrieved 13 May 2014.
7. "National Herbarium of Victoria". Resources of Australian Herbaria. Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (CHAH). Retrieved 13 May 2014.
8. "Author Query for 'Steetz'". International Plant Names Index.