Kurt Krause (April 20, 1883 in

Potsdam Potsdam () is the capital and, with around 183,000 inhabitants, largest city of the German state of Brandenburg. It is part of the Berlin/Brandenburg Metropolitan Region. Potsdam sits on the River Havel, a tributary of the Elbe, downstream of B ...

– November 19, 1963 in

Berlin Berlin ( , ) is the capital and largest city of Germany by both area and population. Its 3.7 million inhabitants make it the European Union's most populous city, according to population within city limits. One of Germany's sixteen constitue ...

) 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 wrote 33 articles and five books on the

flora and vegetation of Turkey about 9300 species of vascular plant were known to grow in Turkey. By comparison, Europe as a whole contains only about 24% more species (about 11500), despite having thirteen times the area. The most important reasons for the high plant biodi ...

. Between 1933 and 1939, he was a professor of botany at the Ankara Agricultural Institute. Krause retired in 1950.

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1883 births 20th-century German botanists German non-fiction writers Ankara University people 1963 deaths Scientists from Potsdam 20th-century non-fiction writers {{Germany-botanist-stub