Dieter Carl Wasshausen (born 15 April 1938 in Jena, Germany)
is an American
botanist
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specialized in
Spermatophytes.
In 1962 he started working at the
Smithsonian Institution as a technician. In 1976 he became chairman of the Botany Department, a post he held until 1982
He studied at the
George Washington University receiving a PhD in 1972. Wasshausen has described approximately 247 new species in various families, and five new species have been named for him.
References
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1938 births
Living people
21st-century American botanists
George Washington University alumni