Johannes Abromeit (17 February 1857 – 19 January 1946) 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 ...

and teacher. He was born in the village of Paschleitschen near

Ragnit Neman (russian: Не́ман; german: Ragnit; lt, Ragainė; pl, Ragneta), is a town and the administrative center of Nemansky District in Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia, located in the historic region of Lithuania Minor, on the steep southern bank ...

East Prussia East Prussia ; german: Ostpreißen, label=Low Prussian; pl, Prusy Wschodnie; lt, Rytų Prūsija was a province of the Kingdom of Prussia from 1773 to 1829 and again from 1878 (with the Kingdom itself being part of the German Empire from 187 ...

, and he studied natural sciences, German literature, and philosophy at Albertus-Universität Königsberg between 1879 and 1884. During his life, Abromeit served as an assistant at the botanical institute in Königsberg, as a lecturer, and as an associate professor of botany at Albertus-Universität Königsberg. He was heavily involved in the Preussische Botanische Verein throughout his professional life.

Carl Christian Mez Carl Christian Mez (26 March 1866 – 8 January 1944) was a German botanist and university professor. He is denoted by the author abbreviation when citing a botanical name. Life and work Mez came from a family of industrialists in Frei ...

named the genus ''Abromeitia'' from the family

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in his honor.

Selected works

* ''Ueber die Anatomie des Eichenholzes'' (1884) * ''Berichtigung des Sanio'schen Aufsatzes über die Zahlenverhältnisse der Flora Preussens'' (1884) * ''Botanische Ergebnisse der von der Gesellschaft für Erdkunde zu Berlin unter Leitung Dr. v. Drygalski's ausgesandten Grönlandsexpedition nach Dr. Vanhöffen's Sammlungen bearbeitet'' (1899) * ''Schutz der botanischen Naturdenkmäler in Ostpreußen'' (1907) * ''Kurzer Überblick über die Vegetationsverhältnisse von Ostpreussen'' (1910)

References

1857 births 1946 deaths University of Königsberg alumni People from the Province of Prussia 20th-century German botanists 19th-century German botanists {{Germany-botanist-stub