Andreas Voss (12 March 1857 – 9 April 1924) was a German

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. From 1878 to 1882 he worked as a gardener at the agricultural school in

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. From 1890 onward, he worked as an independent author. He was editor of the horticultural publicatio
''Der Deutsche Gartenrat''
He was the author of a popular botanical dictionary for gardeners, titled ''Botanisches Hilfs- und Wörterbuch'' (6th edition, 1922). He also edited the third edition of ''

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's Blumengärtnerei'' (1896). Other noted works by Voss include: * ''Gründzüge der Gartenkultur; Wachstumsbedingungen, Bodenbereitung, Anzucht, Schnitt und Schutz'', 1894 – Foundations of garden culture; growth conditions, soil preparation, breeding, cutting and protection. * ''Wörterbuch der deutschen pflanzennamen, wild, nutz- und zierpflanzen des freilandes und der gewächshäuser'', 1922 – Dictionary of German plant names, wild, useful and ornamental plants of the field and the greenhouses. The botanical genus ''Vossianthus'' (synonym ''

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'') was named after him by

Otto Kuntze Carl Ernst Otto Kuntze (23 June 1843 – 27 January 1907) was a German botanist. Biography Otto Kuntze was born in Leipzig. An apothecary in his early career, he published an essay entitled ''Pocket Fauna of Leipzig''. Between 1863 and 1866 he ...

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