Georg Carl Wilhelm Vatke (12 August 1849, in
Berlin – 6 April 1889, in Berlin) was a German botanist who collected spermatophytes during 1868–1876 in
Austria,
Germany,
Madagascar and
Angola. He was an assistant at the botanical gardens in Berlin during 1876–1879, and later became a private scholar.
The botanical genus ''Vatkea'' was named in his honor by
Karl August Otto Hoffmann
Karl August Otto Hoffmann (25 October 1853 in Beeskow – 11 September 1909) was a German botanist and a high school teacher in Berlin. Author of ''Sertum plantarum madagascariensium'', the genus '' Hoffmanniella'' in the family Asteraceae was ...
in 1880.
BHL
Taxonomic literature : a selective guide to botanical publications
References
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19th-century German botanists
1849 births
1889 deaths