Christian August Friedrich Garcke (25 October 1819 – 10 January 1904) was a German

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who was a native of

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. He studied

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in Halle, obtaining his doctorate at the

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in 1844. Afterwards he was a private scholar of botanical studies in Halle, relocating to

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in 1851, where he worked with botanist

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(1805-1877). In 1865 he was appointed

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at the "Königlichen Herbarium" (later "Königlich botanisches Museum") in

, and in 1871 became an associate professor specializing in pharmacognosy. Portraitmedaillon Grabmal Christian August Friedrich Garcke

He was author of the popular ''Flora von Nord- und Mitteldeutschland'' (Flora of North and Central Germany), a book that was published over numerous editions (first edition, 1849). Another significant work was the two-volume ''Flora von Halle'' (1848, 1856). From 1867 to 1882 he was editor of the journal ''Linnæa''. A number of botanical species bear his name; as an example, ''

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.'' 1819 births 1904 deaths People from Mansfeld-Südharz 19th-century German botanists Academic staff of the Humboldt University of Berlin {{Germany-botanist-stub