Karl Richter (16 May 1855 in

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– 28 December 1891 in Vienna) was an Austrian

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 ...

. From 1874 he studied botany at the

University of Vienna The University of Vienna (german: Universität Wien) is a public research university located in Vienna, Austria. It was founded by Duke Rudolph IV in 1365 and is the oldest university in the German-speaking world. With its long and rich histor ...

, where he received his doctorate in 1877. After completing his studies at the university he worked as a private scholar in Vienna. His

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was acquired by

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, who incorporated it into his own herbarium, which was later donated to the University of Vienna. With Max Gürke, he was co-author of ''Plantae Europaeae'' (1890–1903). In 1885 he published ''Die botanische Systematik und ihr Verhältniss zur Anatomie und Physiologie der Pflanzen'' (Botanical

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and its relationship to the

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and physiology of plants).Deutsche Literaturzeitung: für Kritik der internationalen Wissenschaft, Volume 6
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Richter, Karl 1855 births 1891 deaths Scientists from Vienna University of Vienna alumni 19th-century Austrian botanists