Joachim Steetz (12 November 1804 – 24 March 1862) was a German botanist. His

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, comprising more than 5000 specimens from over 160 collectors and 30 countries was purchased in 1863 by Victorian Government Botanist

Ferdinand von Mueller Baron Sir Ferdinand Jacob Heinrich von Mueller, (german: Müller; 30 June 1825 – 10 October 1896) was a German-Australian physician, geographer, and most notably, a botanist. He was appointed government botanist for the then colony of Vict ...

for the sum of 80 pounds. The collection is currently housed at the

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. The herbarium was compiled by Steetz over more than thirty years and comprises 160 collectors from more than 30 countries, including

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from plant collectors of the time including: *

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(

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) * Nikolaus Binder *

Christian Friedrich Ecklon Christian Friedrich Ecklon (17 December 1795 – 1 December 1868) was a Denmark, Danish botany, botanical collector and apothecary. Ecklon is especially known for being an avid collector and researcher of plants in South Africa. Biography Ecklon ...

(South Africa) *

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Wilhelm Peters Wilhelm Karl Hartwich (or Hartwig) Peters (22 April 1815 in Koldenbüttel – 20 April 1883) was a German natural history, naturalist and explorer. He was assistant to the anatomist Johannes Peter Müller and later became curator of the Natural ...

Ludwig Preiss Johann August Ludwig Preiss (21 November 1811 – 21 May 1883) was a German-born British botanist and zoologist. Early life Preiss was born in Herzberg am Harz. He obtained a doctorate, probably at Hamburg, then emigrated to Western Australia. ...

(Western Australia) *

Anton Rochel Anton Rochel (18 June 1770, in Neunkirchen – 12 May 1847, in Graz) was an Austrian surgeon and naturalist, known for his botanical investigations of Banat and the Carpathians. Up until 1798 he served as a surgeon in the Austrian army, then f ...

( The Banat) *

Moritz Richard Schomburgk Moritz Richard Schomburgk (5 October 1811 – 24 March 1891), generally known as Richard Schomburgk, was a German botanist and curator of the Adelaide Botanic Garden. Family Schomburgk was born in Freyburg, Saxony, the son of Johann Friedrich Lu ...

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(North America) *

Franz Sieber Franz Wilhelm Sieber (30 March 1789 – 17 December 1844), was a botanist and collector who travelled to Europe, the Middle East, Southern Africa and Australia. Early life Franz Sieber was born in Prague, Bohemia on 30 March 1789. After 5 ...

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Nikolai Turczaninow Nikolai Stepanovich Turczaninow ( ru , Николай Степанович Турчанинов, 1796 in Nikitovka, now in Krasnogvardeysky District, Belgorod Oblast, Russia – 1863 in Kharkov) was a Russian botanist and plant collector who ...

(Russia) *

Jens Vahl Jens Laurentius Moestue Vahl (27 November 1796 – 12 November 1854) was a Danish botanist and pharmacist. Biography He was son of the Danish-Norwegian botanist and zoologist Martin Vahl (1749-1804). Jens Vahl graduated as a pharmacist in 181 ...

(Arctic) *

Karl Ludwig Philipp Zeyher Karl Ludwig Philipp Zeyher (2 August 1799 Dillenburg, Hessen, Germany – 13 December 1858 Cape Town), was a botanical and insect collector who collected extensively in South Africa. He was the author, with Christian Friedrich Ecklon, of ''Enumer ...

(South Africa)

Standard author abbreviation

Selected publications

*1847: “Revisio generis Comesperma Labill. et synopsis Lasiopetalearum et Biittneriearum in Nova Hollandia indigenarum.” (Hamburg). reprint of Lehmann op. cit. 2: 291–315, 316–317 (?- 367, including Fleischeria) (2–5 Aug. 1848) n.v., see Stafleu & Cowan 1985.*1848: "Nekrolog. Entomol. Zeitung" 9(7): 194–198. – Obituary of

Wilhelm von Winthem Wilhelm von Winthem (1799–1847) was a natural history, naturalist and entomologist from Hamburg, Germany, who was chiefly interested in Diptera and Hymenoptera. Well placed in a port city, von Winthem built a world collection.Joachim Steetz. 1848. ...

(1799–1847). *1853. “Die Familie der Tremandreen und ihre Verwandtschaft zu der Familie der Lasiopetaleen.” (Hamburg). ept.-Oct. 1853. *1854: "Tremandreae". In Lehmann, J.G.C. (ed.), “

Plantae Preissianae ''Plantae preissianae sive enumeratio plantarum quas in australasia occidentali et meridionali-occidentali annis 1838-1841 collegit Ludovicus Preiss'', more commonly known as ''Plantae preissianae'', is a book written by Johann Georg Christian Leh ...

” (Hamburg). 1: 211–223. –11 Feb. 1845. *1854: "Compositae". In Lehmann op. cit. 1: 417–490. p. 417–480, 14–16 Aug.; pp. 481–490, 3–5 Nov.*1854: "Compositae". In Seemann, B. (ed.), “ The botany of the voyage of H.M.S. Herald” (Lovell Reeve: London), pp. 139–160. eb. 1854; part of the “ Flora of the Isthmus of Panama”.*1854: "Ein deutsches Urtheil über eine englische Kritik". Bonplandia 2(14): 169–170. 5 July 1854.*1854: "Trigonopterum" Steetz in Andersson, Kongl. Vetensk. Acad. Handl. 1853: 183 (1854). . 7 Sept. 1854.*1854: "Dr Steetz fiber den Begriff von Species". Bonplandia 2(21): 244–246. Nov. 1854. *1854: "Zuriickweisung, Dem Redacteur der ‘Bonplandia’". Bonplandia 2(21): 246–247. Nov. 1854.*1855: "Fried. E. L. von Fischer. Bonplandia: 3(2): 18–21. Feb. 1855.– Obituary of F.E.L. von Fischer (1782–1854). *1855: "Gardeners’ Chronicle’s ‘Bad German habit’". Dem Redacteur der Bonplandia. Bonplandia 3(11): 147–155. 5 June 1855. *1855: "Replik. Dem Redacteur der Bonplandia". Bonplandia 3(13&14): 203–205. 5 July 1855. *1856: "Klotzsch’s Angreifer. Dem Redacteur der Bonplandia". Bonplandia 4(17): 280–281. Sept. 1856. *1857: "Klotzsch’s Begoniaceen. Dem Redacteur der Bonplandia". Bonplandia 5(4): 60–65. March 1857. *1857: "Compositae". In Seemann, B. op. cit. pp. 384–395. an.-Jun. 1857; part of the “ Flora of the Island of Hongkong”.*1857: "Duhaldea Chinensis, De Cand. Ein Beitrag zur Systematik der Compositae". Bonplandia 5(19): 305–310. Nov. 1857. *1858: "Elvira biflora, DC. und Unxia digyna, Steetz. Dem Redacteur der Bonplandia". Bonplandia 6: 128- 131. 5 April 1858. *1863: "Streptoglossa Steetz in F. Muell", Trans. Bot. Soc. Edinburgh 7: 492–495. *1864: "Compositae". In Peters, W. C. H. (ed.), “Naturwissenschaftliche Reise nach Mossambique” (Berlin). 6: 305–500.

Named by Steetz

Genera

Adelostigma ''Adelostigma'' is a genus of flowering plants in the daisy family described as a genus in 1864. It is endemic to Africa. ; Species * '' Adelostigma athrixioides'' Steetz - Mozambique * '' Adelostigma senegalensis'' Benth. - Senegal Senega ...

Steetz *

Ambassa Ambassa (pron: /আমবাসা/) is a census town located in the Indian state of Tripura a Municipal Council in Dhalai district. Ambassa is also the headquarters of the Dhalai district. Demographics India census, Ambassa had a populati ...

Steetz * Anisolepis Steetz * Chrysodiscus Steetz * Chthonocephalus Steetz * Crystallopollen Steetz * Gongrothamnus Steetz * Gymnogyne Steetz * Gynaphanes Steetz * Hyalosperma Steetz * Hypericophyllum Steetz * Lysistemma Steetz * Menotriche Steetz * Pachysurus Steetz *

Pachythelia ''Pachythelia'' is a genus of moths in the family Psychidae. References Psychidae Psychidae genera {{Tineoidea-stub ...

Steetz * Platytheca Steetz *

Pleiotaxis ''Pleiotaxis'' is a genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biologic ...

Steetz *

Pogonolepis ''Pogonolepis'' is a genus of Australian plants in the tribe Gnaphalieae within the family Asteraceae. Species , Plants of the World Online accepts four species: * ''Pogonolepis lanigera'' (Ewart & Jean White) P.S.Short - Western Australia * ''P ...

Steetz * Pterochaeta Steetz * Punduana Steetz * Rhynchostemon Steetz * Schoenia Steetz * Siemssenia Steetz * Silphiosperma Steetz * Streptoglossa Steetz ex F.Muell. *

Trigonopterum ''Trigonopterum'' is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Asteraceae. It contains a single species, ''Trigonopterum laricifolium''. Its native range is the Galapagos Islands in Ecuador Ecuador ( ; ; Quechua: ''Ikwayur''; ...

Steetz * Tuberostylis Steetz * Xipholepis Steetz

Named in honor of Steetz

Genera

* Steetzia Lehm. * Steetzia Sonder

Species

* Achyrocline steetzii Vatke * Aster steetzii F. Muell. * Baccharis steetzi Andersson * Bothriocline steetziana Wild & Pope * Eupatorium steetzii Robinson * Helichrysum steetzii Tovey & Morris * Nidorella steetzii J.A. Schmidt * Senecio steetzii Bolle * Sphaeranthus steetzii Oliver & Hiern * Streptoglossa steetzii F. Muell. * Vernonia steetziana Oliver & Hiern * Waitzia steetziana Lehm.

References

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