Friedrich Bödeker (11 September 1867 in Währentrup – 9 April 1937 in

Cologne Cologne ( ; german: Köln ; ksh, Kölle ) is the largest city of the German western States of Germany, state of North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) and the List of cities in Germany by population, fourth-most populous city of Germany with 1.1 m ...

) was a German

botanist Botany, also called , plant biology or phytology, is the science of plant life and a branch of biology. A botanist, plant scientist or phytologist is a scientist who specialises in this field. The term "botany" comes from the Ancient Greek wo ...

who specialized in

cacti 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 ...

studies. He was the taxonomic author of the cacti genera ''

Aztekium The genus ''Aztekium'' contains three species of small globular cactus. Discovered in 1929 by F. Ritter, in Rayones, Nuevo León, Mexico, this genus was thought to be monotypic (with ''Aztekium ritteri'') until a second species ('' Aztekium hint ...

'' and ''

Porfiria ''Mammillaria'' is one of the largest genera in the cactus family (Cactaceae), with currently 200 known species and varieties recognized. Most of the mammillaria are native to Mexico, but some come from the southwest United States, the Caribbean ...

'' as well as of numerous species within the family

Cactaceae 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 ...

. Many of his descriptions were published in the journals "''Monatsschrift der Deutschen Kakteen-Gesellschaft''" and the "''Zeitschrift für Sukkulentenkunde''".

Published works

* ''Ein Mammillarien-Vergleichs-Schlüssel''. J. Neumann, 1933.Google Books
Ein Mammillarien-Vergleichs-Schlüssel

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Bodeker, Friedrich 1867 births 1937 deaths People from Lippe People from the Principality of Lippe 19th-century German botanists 20th-century German botanists