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Friedrich Gottlieb Bartling

Friedrich Gottlieb Bartling

German botanist (1798–1875)

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

Grave of Friedrich Gottlieb Bartling in Göttingen

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]

The plant genus Bartlingia from the family Rubiaceae is named in his honor.[2]

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).
The standard author abbreviation Bartl. is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.[3]

References

  1. [1]
    Bartling, Friedrich Georg (Gottlieb) at Deutsche Biographie
  2. [2]
    CRC World Dictionary of Plant Names: Common Names, Scientific ..., Volume 1 By Umberto Quattrocchi
  3. [3]
    International Plant Names Index.  Bartl.


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