Charles Ludwig de Blume or Karl Ludwig von Blume (9 June 1796,
Braunschweig
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– 3 February 1862,
Leiden
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) was a
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Braunschweig
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Netherlands
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, where he was Director of the Rijksherbarium (state
herbarium
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) at Leiden. His name is sometimes given in the
Dutch language
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form Karel Lodewijk Blume, but the original
German
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spelling is the one most widely used in botanical texts: even then there is confusion, as he is sometimes referred to as K.L. Blume (from Karl).
He carried out extensive studies of the
flora
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of southern
Asia
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, particularly in
Java
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, then a
colony
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of the
Netherlands
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. From 1823 to 1826 Blume was Deputy Director of Agriculture at the
botanic garden
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in
Bogor
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He planned, together with
Philipp Franz von Siebold
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(1796–1866), the foundation of the "Koninklijke Nederlandsche Maatschappij tot aanmoediging van den Tuinbouw". (Royal Dutch Society for the Advancement of Horticulture). This was carried to fruition in 1842.
The botanical journal '' Blumea'' is named after him.
He was also an
entomologist
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.
Publications
*Carl Ludwig Blume: "Catalogus van eenige der merkwaardigste zoo in- als uitheemse gewassen, te vinden in 's Lands Plantentuin te Buitenzorg" opgemaakt door C. L. Blume, M.D., Directeur van voorz. tuin. s.l. n.d. atavia 1823 (Catalogue of some native and exotic plants in Buitenzorg)
* Carl Ludwig Blume: ''Bijdragen tot de flora van Nederlandsch Indië ...''. 1825–1827 (Contributions to the flora of the Dutch Indies on Botanicus *
* Carl Ludwig Blume & Johannes B. Fischer (? – 1832): ''Flora Javae nec non insularum adjacentium ...''. 1828–1851.
* Carl Ludwig Blume: ''De novis quibusdam plantarum familiis expositio et olim jam expositarum enumeratio''. (1833)
* Carl Ludwig Blume: ''Rumphia, sive commentationes botanicae imprimis de plantis Indiae orientalis ...''. 1835–1849 (4 volumes with 170 illustrations)
* Carl Ludwig Blume: ''Museum botanicum Lugduno-Batavum ...''. 1849–185 on Botanicus * Carl Ludwig Blume: ''Flora Javae et insularum adjacentium nova series'' (1858–1859)
* Carl Ludwig Blume: ''Collection des Orchidées les plus remarquables de l'Archipel Indien et du Japon'' (1858–1859).