Georg Carl Wilhelm Vatke

Georg Carl Wilhelm Vatke (12 August 1849, Berlin – 6 April 1889, 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]

References

  1. BHL Taxonomic literature : a selective guide to botanical publications
  2. "Author Query for 'Vatke'". International Plant Names Index.


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