Frederik Marcus Knuth, 9th count of Knuthenborg (5 May 1904 – 14 June 1970) was a Danish
taxonomist especially known for the collection and classification of
cactus
A cactus (, or less commonly, cactus) is a member of the plant family Cactaceae, a family comprising about 127 genera with some 1750 known species of the order Caryophyllales. The word ''cactus'' derives, through Latin, from the Ancient Greek ...
es. He collected and described many new species.
According to the
Bovrup File Knuth was a member of
DNSAP.
References
1904 births
1970 deaths
20th-century Danish botanists
20th-century Danish landowners
Botanists active in South America
Danish counts
Danish explorers
Danish Nazis
Knuth family
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